origin:

Japan, before 1893

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.

Yachyo-jishi. (originated in Japan, 1910.) offered by Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1919; Yokohama Nurseries, Color Illustration.or Gachigo-Shishi Japan Nursery Co.1910 as new. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)

The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Tree peony, Selected Varieties:

'Yachiyo-jishi' (Immortal Lion)

(Japanese tree peony - Reddish-Purple Flowering group) Large size, full double, with poorly developed pistil. A strong stem holds the flower erect. Midseason.

Ariga (1993)

YACHIYO-JISHI (Achttausendjahre-Löwen) Hellrosa, etwas fleischfarben gefärbt. Riesenblüte in zehntausendfacher Blüte. Die Kronblätter sind kräftig und massiv.

Rivière (1995):

'Yachiyo Jishi' "Unsterblicher Löwe" Sorte japanischer Herkunft. Große, gefüllte Blüte mit Lamellen. Pflanze mittelhoch aber kraftvoll.

Rivière (2000)

YACHIYOJISHI "Lion immortel". (Semi-double). Magnifique fleur rosé très pale, largement saumonée, surtout en son centre. Cette variété vigoureuse est très florifère. Son feuillage naissant est vert clair nuancé rouge.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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