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.

• * Adzuma-Kagami (Eastern Souvenir). Syn. Etoile Rose. Single. (originated in Japan, 1893.) offered by Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893, 1898,1902,1904; Japan Nursery Co.1910; Dessert 1905; Chenault 1910; Tokio Nursery Co., Japan. 1896.

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

Azuma-kagami, Mirror of the East, (Jap. bef. 1893)

Azuma-kagami (Japanese tree peony - Red Flowering group) Darkish red. Small size. Late midseason. Dwarf and weak growth

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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