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Peony love affair in Shanghai
Peony is the national flower in the hearts of most Chinese people, on July 15, 2019, the China Flower Association issued the "Vote: The National Flower in My Heart", and the vote rate of peony was as high as 79.71%.
In fact, the history of cultivating peonies in Shanghai is also very long, and then we will follow the small editor to understand the past and present lives of our Shanghai peonies!
Origins - Hokke Peony
Fahua peony is the earliest cultivated peony in Shanghai, Fahua is Fahua Town, according to legend, Fahua Town is the earliest town in Shanghai, and there is a saying that "first there is Fahua, then Shanghai". According to the Chronicle, at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Luoyang flower workers took refuge in the south and brought Luoyang peony to The town of Fahua in Shanghai. Qing Dynasty peony expert Ji Nan recorded 104 kinds of peony famous products in the "Peony Spectrum", of which Fahua peony accounted for 48 species. At that time, Fahua peony and Luoyang peony were equally famous and crowned in Jiangnan.
In 1958, due to the reconstruction of Fahua Town, Fahua Peony moved to Zhongshan Park, which is less than one kilometer away, and Zhongshan Park built a peony garden of more than 4,000 square meters, which became a new planting and cultivation base for Fahua peony, built 15 peony flower beds of different sizes, and transplanted Fahua peony here. In addition to the peonies in Zhongshan Park, the peonies in Tianshan Park and the Fahua Peony Pavilion are also derived from the Fahua Peony, so let's take a look at the Fanghua of the Fahua Peony!
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There are 20 ancient peonies in Shanghai that are more than 100 years old, and Xuhui District contains 14 of them! This is half of the ancient peony on the beach! Among them, there are 8 plants in Caoxi Park, 4 plants in Longhua Temple, 1 plant in Shanghai Botanical Garden, and 1 plant in Kangjian Garden.
Caoxi Park
Caoxi Park has a profound peony cultural heritage, and there are 8 peonies with an age of more than 120 years in the park, which is the park with the largest number of peonies in Shanghai for a hundred years. The annual peony cultural festival attracts many flower lovers, which can be described as "the flowers bloom and fall for twenty days, and the people of a city are crazy." ”
Wellness Park
The peonies in Kang Jian Garden are concentrated on the north side of the peony pavilion in the middle of the park, which is very exquisite, and many tourists come here to take photos every year when they bloom
After seeing so many peonies, Xiaobian will introduce you to the "four major flowers" of the century-old peonies of Caoxi Park and Kangjian Garden:
NO.1
Slightly purple
One of the four famous peonies, heavy petal varieties, purple-red flowers, lotus-shaped or crown-shaped. The flowering period is long, the flowers are large, and the flowers are plump.
NO.2
Purple Two Joe
Zi Er Qiao is also known as "Luoyang Red". The flowers are heavy petals and bright purple-red. Purple Erqiao peony is a rich flower variety, a plant can bloom a hundred flowers, full of glory.
NO.3
Drunken Xi Shi
Drunken Xishi is also known as Dou Zhuguang, the flower crown type, the flower red, the bud is round, delicate and moist, the end is pink; the pink and white is red, like a face, and the common halo garden is like a bead.
NO.4
Feng Danbai
Fengdan white, also known as Tongling peony, Tongling Fengdan, flower white because, Anhui Province, Tongling Phoenix Mountain produced danpi quality is the best", so called Fengdan.
Conservation of ancient peonies
Everyone sees these "elderly" ancient peonies, must also be very worried, afraid that they will not see their fanghua in the future, Xiaobian is here to talk to you about how we usually maintain, after reading these everyone will be assured!
The tall trees around the peony flower beds are thinned and the canopy is reduced, and the shrubs that are closer to each other are transplanted, giving the peony a good growing environment.
One month after the end of the peony flowering period, topdressing begins to promote the differentiation of flower buds, and the fertilization is mainly based on decomposed cake fertilizer.
In order to protect ancient peonies, pruning and artificial insect catching are used as much as possible to control pests and diseases and reduce the use of chemical agents.
Ancient peonies and other peonies keep a certain distance, and the surrounding weeds should be treated in time and observed more.
After we have read all this, tell us what other places in Shanghai can enjoy these national colors?
Don't worry, don't worry, Xiaobian this will recommend you a few good places worth punching!
Ming Dynasty Peony Garden
Located in Peony Garden Road, Fengxian District, the Ming Dynasty Peony Garden is now the king of ancient peonies in Shanghai, dating back about 470 years. The ancient peony was given to his friend Jin Xuewen by Dong Qichang, an outstanding painter of the Ming Dynasty. In the early 1990s, the Jin family's old mansion was demolished, and the ancient peony and plaque were donated to the state, and the government built the "Ming Dynasty Peony Garden" in situ, protecting the ancient peony with plastic film, and planting hundreds of peonies and peonies around it, and setting up peony pavilions and other landscapes.
Ancient Yi Garden
As one of the five classical gardens in Shanghai, Guyi Garden has a long history, there is a century-old peony "Hui Zi" in the garden, and the ground-planted peony community of Guyi Garden is mainly concentrated in the Quxiang Corridor and the new park by the Jiuqu Bridge.
Changfeng Park
The peonies in Changfeng Park are on the east side of Tiebi Mountain, and every year Changfeng Park will hold a peony exhibition, and more than 3,000 peonies planted in the peony garden are planted in the interior of the peony garden.
Author: Xuhui Garden
Edit: Wei Li