Area 1A – Notes
The plants for which I would particularly appreciate suggestions for correct identities are 1A-009 ‘Cardinal’; 1A-027 ‘Laura Walker’; 1A-042 ‘Reverend John Bennett’ and 1A-044 ‘Snowflake’. 1A-049 ‘Tomorrow Park Hill’ does not match its register description but seems to be what is growing in the UK under this name.

‘Adolphe Audusson Special’ (1A-001) is a virus variegated form of ‘Adolphe Audusson’ and should be heavily blotched white, which this plant is not.

‘Felice Harris’ (1A-017) has long been thought to be a sasanqua x reticulata hybrid but this is now regarded as wrong and it has been reclassified as a x williamsii.

‘Kramer’s Supreme’ (1A-025) has just started to flower following severe pruning a number of years ago but is not producing many and they are too high to reach.

‘Marguerite Gouillon Rose’ (1A-032) is a sport of the French ‘Marguerite Gouillon’ and seems to have arisen in France like its parent.

‘Midnight Magic’ (1A-052) is a small plant that appears to have been planted amongst much bigger bushes, throwing it into deep shade. It needs to be moved.

‘Purity’ (1A-041) is the American synonym for ‘Shiragiku’ and this plant appears identical to the plant of that name at 1D-026.

‘Snowflake’ (1A-044) is a puzzle. There are two varieties listed under the name, one a single white japonica, the other a single white sasanqua. This appears to be neither and somewhat resembles ‘Shiro-wabisuke’ in Area 3C though the blooms are larger with a few more petals.

‘Susan Carter’ (1A-047) is a synonym for ‘Frizzle White’, to which it has now been relabelled.

‘Tomorrow Park Hill’ (1A-049) does not match the Register description of semi-double, soft pink, deeper toward the edge and with some variegation. This plant appears identical with the plants of the same name at 1E-050 and 1G-079.

(1A-009) was labelled ‘Cardinal’ but doesn’t match the book description of “bright red, full peony”. I have replaced the name label with a number tag.

(1A-027) is labelled ‘Laura Walker’ which is described as “semi-double to anemone form” so I have doubts about this plant. I have replaced the name label with a number tag.

(1A-042) is labelled ‘Reverend John Bennett’, which should be a salmon pink double, not the bright red of the plant here. It now has just a number on the plant.