origination:
Zhaolou Peony Garden, Heze in 1965.
Hong Xia Hui. Crown form. Flowers 17cm x 6cm, purplish red (53-B); the outer petals 2- 3-whorled, stiff, entire and regular, suffused with deep purple at the base; the inner petals sparse, wrinkled; pistils developed, petaloid, greenish coloured. Stalks stout, stiff, flowers upright or lateral. Flowering midseason. Plant medium height, partially spreading. Branches stout. Leaves long, medium-sized, stiff; leaflets ovate or long-ovate, deeply lobed, apex acuminate, the margins curved upwards, upper surface yellowish green, conspicuously suffused with purplish red. Growth vigorous, flowers relatively few. Bred by Zhaolou Peony Garden, Heze in 1965.
english transl.:
Painting With Rosy Rays
