Single petal type: petals 1-3 rounds, wide, normal pistil and pistil. Such as Huang Huakui, Splash Ink Purple, Feng Dan, Picking Fruits from the Plate, etc.
Lotus-shaped: petals with 4-5 rounds, wide and even, like lotus when opening. Such as "Red Clouds and Feibei", "Tathagata Lotus" and "Cinnabar Base".
Chrysanthemum-shaped: The petals are round, and the arrangement level becomes smaller from outside to inside, such as "Cai Yun", "Luoyang Red" and "Ling Hua Xiaocui".
Rose-shaped: petals naturally increase, gradually decrease from the outside, and a few stamens become finely divided petals; Pistil slightly petaloid or normal. Such as "Zijin plate", "dew powder" and "big brown purple".
Osmanthus type: the outer petals are obvious, wide and flat; Stamens petal-shaped, gradually tapering from outside to inside, slightly convex, hemispherical. Such as "Great Lake Red", "Lu Fen" and "lantian jade".
Gold ring type: the outer petals are prominent and wide, and the middle petals are long, narrow and vertical, showing a gold ring type. Such as Zhu Sha Hong, Yao Huang and The First Case Red.
Crown type: the outer petals are prominent, and the middle petals are wider and wider from the center of the flower, which looks like a crown. Such as Hu Hong, Yan Rongzi and Zhao Fen.
Hydrangea type: Stamens are completely petal-shaped, closely arranged and spherical. Such as "the red dragon is the color", "silver powder and gold scale" and "the sacred furnace".
The latter four kinds can be summarized as pavilion: they are formed by overlapping two single flowers. Divided into "Chrysanthemum Stack", "Rose Stack", "Crown Stack" and "Hydrangea Stack". Such as "Fire Elixir", "Kunshan Night Bright", "Great Cabbage" and "Purple Paris".
Divide by color
Peony is famous for its eight colors: white "luminous white", blue "lantian jade", red "alchemy", deep purple "planting black", purple "first case red", green "bean green", pink "Zhao Fen" and yellow "Yao Huang". There are also "Er Qiao" and "Jiao Rong Trilateral" with peculiar colors. In addition, the same color has different shades.
Divided by fragrance type
General Bai Mudan fragrance, purple peony fragrance, yellow powder fragrance. Just "smell its fragrance and know its flowers."
Peony leaves are 3 leaves and 2 leaves. Due to different varieties, leaves show different shapes, widths, thicknesses and colors. For example, the leaves of "Dahuhong" are large, round and thick, and the leaves are mostly flat. For example, the leaves of "ink sprinkled with gold" are big and long, but the leaflets are long and narrow, thin in texture, sparsely spread or drooping. For example, the whole leaf of "Zhuangyuanhong" is medium-sized, the leaflets are oblong, the edges are short and sharp, and the leaves are inclined. For example, "Bean Green" leaves have a layer of white fluff on the back. Such as purple "big brown purple" leaves.
Distinguish from branches
This method distinguishes varieties by plant shape and branching mode. Peony is a tufted shrub, and its plant shape and branching mode are different due to different varieties.
Erect type: branches with small opening angle, upright upward, long internodes, vigorous growth and high tufts, such as "Luoyang Red" and "Peach and Plum Brightening".
Spreading type: the branches have a large opening angle and extend around, and the plant shape is low. Such as "Yipin Zhu Yi" and "Zhao Fen".
Semi-developmental type: between the above two types, such as "Fat Red" and "lantian jade".
Branching methods are divided into single branching type and cluster branching type.
Single-branch type: the branches are long in the current year and there are few new buds. This kind of bud shoots in the early spring of the following year, with high plant height and sparse branches, such as "Yao Huang" and "Pink Er Qiao".
Cluster type: the branches of the current year are shorter, with more new buds and strong branching. In that year, tufted short branches can be formed, and the plants are short and dense. Such as Jin Gezi and Wang Yingming and Zhu Bao.
Identify from the bud
Different varieties of peony have different flower bud shapes and colors. The buds of "Luoyang Spring" are sharp and round; The buds of cinnabar thunder are narrow and sharp; The buds of "Qinglong Yan" are pointed and hooked, like the beak of an eagle. As for the bud color, it is more abundant: the bud of "Hundred Flowers Jealous" is yellow-green; The "fat red" bud is green; The buds of "Mokui" are dark purple and so on. There is a certain correlation between bud color and color. The darker the bud color, the darker the color. The lighter the bud, the lighter the color.
Distinguish from fruits
Generally, varieties with firm carpels are mostly single-petalled and semi-petalled varieties, such as "Like Jinlian" and "Feng Dan". The seed setting rate is low, and the fruits are clustered, and most of them are double-petal varieties, such as "Er Qiao" and "Zhushanlei".
Distinguish from the root cause
The root of Paeonia suffruticosa is also used as an auxiliary means to distinguish its varieties. Some varieties have fewer capillary roots in the root system and the thickness of the roots is relatively uniform, such as "Jingezi". Other varieties have many capillary roots, which are tree-crowned. For example, the roots of most varieties of "Yingwangmingbaozhu" are white, yellow, red and white, while the roots of "Shouanhong" are purplish red, which is one of the important basis for identifying this variety.
According to the recent national peony contest office staff survey, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Singapore, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Kyrgyzstan.
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