Itoh peonies: from Japan to the world
The story of their development is one of persistence and tenaciousness on the part of their first breeder, Dr. Toichi Itoh (pronouced Ee-toe), a Japanese nurseryman and plant breeder. His goal: to create a pure yellow herbaceous peony. Dr. Itoh pollinated more than 1,200 peony plants before obtaining 36 seedlings in 1948 when he successfully crossed the yellow hybrid tree peony, Alice Harding, with a double-flowered, white herbaceous peony, Kakoden.
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