02908

type: [tree peony] – [suffruticosa group] – [Japanese botan]

(Japanese tree peony - Reddish-Purple Flowering group) The first 1-3 outer petals have reddish-purple dapple at the base, as shown in the small photograph. The large photograph shows a rare occurrence of dappled petals. Medium size. Midseason. Spreading growth.

PEONIES, The Manual of the American Peony Society, ed. by James Boyd, Copyright 1928 by American Peony Society: Tree Peony Check-list.

Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893 catalogue as Yokohama Gardens Association, beginning 1894 as Yokohama Nurseries.

Nishiki-shima (or gima). Syn. Psyche. Single. (originated in Japan, 1893; 1896.) offered by Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893, 1898, 1902, 1905; Lemoine 1903, 1908; Chenault 1910; Tokio Nursery Co., Japan. 1896. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)

Mishiki-Shima. Single. (originated in Japan, 1904.) offered by Lemoine 1904. Probably Nishiki-shima

'Nishiki-jima' (Brocade Island) (Jap. bef. 1937)






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