Asclepius became jealous of his pupil ; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.

A red lacquerware food tray with gold foil engraving designs of two long-tailed birds and a peony, dated 12th to early 13th century.

In the terraces above the parterre there are plantings of peony, seasonal beds and the Double Borders created in 2006, contain a wide variety of perennials, shrubs and grasses with colours ranging from hot to cool.

* A garden with a pavilion where graduate students of the Advanced Scholar's Exam could hold ' peony parties '.

* A ward with another garden pavilion for graduate students to hold their ' peony parties '.

Lacquerware | Lacquer box with inlaid mother of pearl peony decor, Ming Dynasty, 16th century

Musashi happens upon a peony cut by Sekishūsai and requests an audience with the person who cut the peony.

Tree peony hybrids with Paeonia rockii as one parent are called Rockii-hybrids.

Celadon bowl inlaid peony design with relief lotus and arabesque designs, National Museum of Korea, Seoul

Buncheong jarabyeong vase with peony design in underglaze iron, National Museum of Korea, Seoul

During the Tang Dynasty, the peony, the symbol of opulence and a flower with a delicate fragance, was the most celebrated flower in the garden.

: and the peony is wet with dew.

They use fans painted with pink peony blossoms and display a show of dance.

The gardens include: an aquatic collection ; butterfly garden and 2, 880 square foot ( 270 m² ) butterfly house featuring pansy exhibits during the winter ; greenhouse for tropical plants ; juniper collection with more than 30 types of junipers ; peony collection of 104 cultivars ; pinetum ; rock garden with sedum and sempervivum ; rose garden with more than 350 rose plants ; sensory garden ; Shakespearean garden ; woodlands with azaleas, dogwoods, elm, hackberry, honey locust, mulberry, osage orange, and redbuds ; and Xeriscape demonstration garden.

You will notice a very mild peony aroma when brewing the tea and a floral aroma, the tea is best brewed with good mineral water and at 70 ° C to 80 ° C ( 158 ° F to 176 ° F ).

Throughout the series, each dog warrior recognizes the other through three distinguishing features: a last name starting with the word " inu " ( meaning dog ), a birthmark in the shape of a peony ( the emblem of the Satomi clan ) and a bead containing a kanji character that reflects eight of the fundamental virtues of Confucianism.

It is considered one of the Three Wonders of Luoyang ( an ancient city in the Henan province ), along with the peony and the Longmen Grottoes.

Herbert Warren was recognized by horticulturists across the nation for developing many new varieties of the peony flower.

Luoyang has a reputation as a cultivation centre for the peony, the city flower of Luoyang.

It is famous for both its peony garden ( Botan En ), a national scenic beauty, and its torch festival which has been hereditary for over 400 years.

While the peony takes several years to re-establish itself when moved, it blooms annually for decades once it has done so.

It has been speculated that the species paeonia officinalis, or the European peony, is the source of Aglaophotis, but there is little evidence for this theory to be proved.

According to Dioscorides, peony is used for warding off demons, witchcraft, and fever.

Heze is the largest center in China for the cultivation of the " national flower " peony, after which the Mudan District was named.

A peony blossom is shown on the label, next to an inu-hariko, a dog-shaped traditional toy for Japanese children.

The gardens include a dozen exhibition districts and halls, such as the tree garden, a perennial bulb garden, a rose garden, a peony garden, a traditional Chinese medical herb garden, a wild fruit resources district, an environment protection plant district, a water and vine plant district, an endangered plant district, and exhibition greenhouses for tropical and subtropical plants.

A peony garden, plum tree grove and cosmos fields have flowers for every season.

A popular scented pink double flowering cultivar of the peony is also named after her.

It was once the strawberry capital of the world and still is the peony capital of the world, and home to Gilbert H. Wild, one of America's largest growers of daylilies, iris, and peonies.

Examples of herbaceous biennials include carrot, parsnip and common ragwort ; herbaceous perennials include potato, peony, hosta, mint, most ferns and most grasses.

Some older classifications included Paeonia ( peony ) in Ranunculaceae but this genus is now placed in its own family, Paeoniaceae in order Saxifragales.

Peony Sunday is held every year on the first or second Sunday in June, depending on when the peony flowers are expected to bloom.

For example, Pesisir batik utilizes vivid colors and Chinese motifs such as clouds, phoenix, dragon, qilin, lotus, peony, and floral patterns.

* In volume 4 of Angelic Layer, Misaki sings cheerfully to herself as she is making breakfast ; the words of her song are, " A field of peony pink ..." She is singing " Peony Pink ", the theme song to Clamp School Detectives.

One such story ( both in Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa ) recounts that her father received a box of peony seeds from the Emperor Taizong of Tang accompanied by a painting of what the flowers looked like.

The peony is named after Paeon ( also spelled Paean ), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing.

They have the large flowers of a tree peony, but die back to the ground each year like herbaceous peonies.

The peony is among the longest-used flowers in Eastern culture and is one of the smallest living creature national emblems in China.

In 1903, the Qing Dynasty declared the peony as the national flower.

In 1994, the peony was proposed as the national flower after a nationwide poll, but the National People's Congress failed to ratify the selection.

Dozens of peony exhibitions and shows are still held there annually.

Pronunciation of 牡丹 ( peony ) in Japan is " botan.

In 1957, the Indiana General Assembly passed a law to make the peony the state flower of Indiana, a title which it holds to this day.