origin:

Japan, probably The Chugai Nursery before 1940

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

Chauviere, 104 rue de la Roquette, Paris, 1841.

Yamo-okina. (originated in Japan, 1900.) offered by Chenault 1900.

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

Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893 catalogue as Yokohama Gardens Association, beginning 1894 as Yokohama Nurseries.

Yaso-okina (Venerable Man). Syn. Queen Alexandra. Single. (originated in Japan, 1893.) offered by Yokohama Nurseries, Yokohama, Japan. 1893, 1898, 1902, 1905; Dessert 1905; Japan Nursery Co.1910; Tokio Nursery Co., Japan. 1896. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)

The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Tree peony, Selected Varieties:

'Yaso-okina' (Venerable Man) (Jap. bef. 1893)

(Japanese tree peony - White Flowering group) Milky white. Bases of petals Faint pink Large size. Late midseason.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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