Paeonia lactiflora, 'Xi Shi's Face Powder' Chinese herbaceous peony Size:4-5 eye plant and bright when fully ripe

and bright when fully ripe yellow

hybridizer and year introduced: Dezhong Chen / Angela & Franklin Chow

Connecticut

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Named after the eponymous character of a famous World War Two Red Army ballad celebrating a Moldovan woman who fought as a partisan in the Russian Civil War

Paeonia lactiflora, 'Xi Shi's Face Powder' Chinese herbaceous peony Size:4-5 eye plant and bright when fully ripeName in Chinese and pin yin: Xi Shi Fen Notable characteristics: Perfectly formed light pink double form flowers are excellent for cutting with a strong, spicy sweet fragrance. Xi Shi, a women who lived during the Spring and Autumn period, is remembered to this day as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Species, place of origin: Paeonia lactiflora, traditional cultivar from China. Growth habit and size at maturity : Grows to 3. 5' tall and