origination:
Wangcheng Park, Luoyang in 1969.
Zi Yan Pi Shuang . Crown form. Flowers 14cm x 9cm, faintly pinkish purple (68-B), the margins pinkish white; the outer petals 3-whorled, entire and regular, the inner petals small, arranged closely, pistils developed, petaloid, greenish coloured. Stalks relatively straight, flowers upright. Flowering midseason. Plant tall, erect. Branches stout. Leaves orbicular, medium-sized, thick; leaflets ovate, with a few and shallow lobes on the margins, suffused with purplish red. Growth vigorous, flowers many. Bred by Wangcheng Park, Luoyang in 1969.
english :
Garnet Goose Tinged with Frost
name in Luoyang*:
Zi yan pi shuang
name in Hezhe*:
Zi yan fei shuang
english translation:
Purple goose cloaked in frost
- * cross-references for the Luoyang/Hezhe names are from the english text insert of the booklet 'Zhongguomudan' Chinese tree peonies © Will McLewin 1996 Prepared by Phedar Nursery (England) Tel. 0 161 430 3 772 Chinese language consultant Caroline Mason 0191 384 4533
