origin:
Japan, probably Chugai Nursery, before 1940
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.
Asahi-Minato (Rising Sun Seen from the Harbor). Syn. Grenade. Single. (originated in Japan 1893.) offered by Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893, 1898, 1902, 1905, 1919; Dessert 1913; Tokio Nursery Co., Japan. 1896; Japan Nursery Co.1910; Yokohama Nurseries, Color Illustration. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)
The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Paeonia albiflora (Herbaceous Peonies) All the following Herbaceous peonies are of the true Japanese type semi-double incurved petals forming regular cup-shape, showing a bunch of yellow stamens. Any of them is worthy for your appreciation:
Asahi-minato. Lustrous scarlet crimson, large flower
