A peony long treasured as one of the superior red varieties of its time and impressively free of dulling pigments that give way to pink over time, Karl Rosenfield still offers ample garden value and impresses with a jolt of colour to this day. A brilliant crimson-red with a slight purple cast, double flowers are of pleasing loose rose form with characteristic notched petals and a ring of golden stamens occasionally showing through. Reliable in the garden with a profusion of blooms and equally as impressive as a long lasting cut flower, heavily used in the cut flower industry and for good reason. Karl Rosenfield represents the ever enduring heirloom plants from the turn of the 20th century that have long since captured our imaginations and stood up to the test of time, proving their worth again and again. Side buds present that extend the blooming period.