paeonia lactiflora

In Japan, Paeonia lactiflora used to be called ebisugusuri ("foreign medicine").

Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony)

Species: Paeonia lactiflora or Paeonia veitchii.

TCM Information: Species: Paeonia lactiflora.

The petals of the paeonia lactiflora (that's peony) have withered and gardeners have begun cutting back the brown stems and turning them into compost.

It currently contains about 5,700 species with notable collections of Azalea, Camellia, Iris kaempferi, Paeonia suffruticosa, Paeonia lactiflora, and Selaginella tamariscina.

Like many, Carruthers began by collecting the famous and widely known Paeonia lactiflora hybrids which produce blowsy flowers in various shades of pink to creamy white in late May and early June.

Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony or common garden peony) is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia.