origination:

Jap. bef. 1896

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

• * 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.

The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Tree peony, miscellaneous varieties:

Wister (1961):

'Asahi-minato' (Rising Sun seen from the Harbor) (Jap. bef. 1896)

(Japanese tree peony - Red Flowering group) Red, a little lighter than Taiyo Large size. Midseason. No purplish line on leafstalk. Vigrous.

Ariga (1993)

ASAHI-MINATO (Hafen in der Morgensonne) Hauptblütezeit, zinnoberfarbene Blüte in tausendfacher Blüte. Die Blüte ist der KASANEJISHI ähnlich, doch die Blätter sind unterschiedlich.

A&D Nursery:

ASAHI-MINATO (Japan) Huge, frilly bright light red semi-double flowers that reach 10 inches or more across; blooms midseason on large, vigorous plants,

Kotobuki Bussan:

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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