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Paeonia suffruticosa, Andr. (P. Moutan, Sims. P. arbórea, Donn). Tree Peony. St. 3-6 ft. or even higher much branched, distinctly shrubby: lvs. glabrous; lfts. more often entire at the base of the plant than above: fls.

large, various in color, as rose, red, to white: follicles numerous, very hairy, rather small. May, June. N.w. China.—Long cult, in the Orient, where varieties are numbered by the hundreds. The following varietal names have been transferred from combination with P. Moulan, now making new combinations: Var. rubro- plena, Bailey. Rose-colored, almost single. Var. rôseo- superba, Bailey. Fls. much more doubled. Gn. 31:76 (as Reine Elizabeth). F.S. 14:1395, 1396 (as Triomphe de Grand). Var. vittata. Bailey. Fls. single white, rose and flesh-color, striped, fragrant. F.S. 7:747. Var. papa- veràcea, Bailey. Petals thin and poppy-like, white, with red at center of fl. B.M. 2175. L.B.C. 6:547. Gn. 38: 370; 52:325, and pp. 324, 325. Var. Bánksii, Bailey. Fls. much doubled, rose-colored, and large. B.M. 1154. Var. Humei, Bailey. Fls. semi-double, whitish or blush with darker center. B.R. 379. Var. rósea, Bailey. Fls. bright rose-colored, fragrant, more or less double. L.B.C. 11:1035.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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