'MIKADO' Peony (Paeonia x albiflora 'mikado')

'Mikado' is a late-season, Japanese-style peony with waved and cupped guard petals of dark rosy-crimson. The thick, central  staminodes are also dark rose-red but are edged and tipped in yellow making excellent visual contrasts in both color and texture. 'Mikado' is very floriferous, a good performer, and has stiff erect stems with an average height 40 inches. Lightly fragrant. A quintessential Japanese-style. (Japanese origin, 1893). Heirloom. Zones 3-8 Bare roots available LATE-FALL through VERY EARLY SPRING only. 3/5-eyes. WE DO NOT SHIP POTTED PEONIES. From American Peony Society: "History: Sent as a part of the Japanese government exhibit on Wooded Island at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, and obtained at the close by Peterson, who named it Mikado. DESCRIPTION IN BRIEF: Japanese, lilac purple, mid season, very good. DESCRIPTION IN DETAIL: Japanese type, guards rounded or notched at apex; staminodes quite remarkable, typically Japanese type flower from, widened at end like