origination:
Zhaolou Peony Garden, Heze in 1965.
Mei Gui Zi. Rose form. Flowers 16cm x 6cm, purple (71-D); petals multi-whorled, stiff, light coloured at the apex, dark purple basal blotches; stamens partially petaloid, small. Stalks stiff, flowers upright. Flowering late midseason. Plant tall, erect. Branches relatively stout. Leaves long, medium- sized, sparse; leaflets long ovate or lanceolate, apex acuminate, the margins curved upwards, upper surface suffused with greenish purple. Growth vigorous, flowers many; not tolerant of leaf spot, leaves falling early. Bred by Zhaolou Peony Garden, Heze in 1965.
english translation:
Rosy Purple
Osti (1997)
MEI CUI ZI, «Rosa porpora». Come dice il suo nome il fiore è porpora a forma di rosa, doppio con petaloidi. Portamento eretto, foglia verde lucente, fioritura mediana.
Osti (1999)
MEI GUI ZI 'Purple Rose" Flowers: purplish red; double ivith petaloids, rose form, mid-season flowering, Leaves: glossy green. Habit: erect. A Paeonia rockii cultivar from Gansu. Flowers: soft pink, variegated; double, hydrangea form, with very numerous petals and petaloids, flowering at the end of the season, no stamens hence sterile.
peonyworld/ (suffr.)
Mei Gui Zi // Rosy Purple Purple, petals stiff, light colored at the apex, dark purple basal blotches. Rose form. Flowers size '' 16cm x 6cm ''; upright; dense fragrance. Plant tall, erect. Branches relatively stout. Growth vigorous; flowers many. Blossoming late midseason. (1965)
