Unpredictable death and desperate Love-- purse Peony

tree peony, native to China, Siberia and Japan Like scattering light sufficient semi-shade environment, more cold-resistant. Perennial herbs, plant height 30~60cm. Aboveground stem erect, cylindrical, purplish red, rhizome fleshy, lobules usually entire, surface green, abaxially powdery, veins evident on both sides; petiole ca. 10 cm long, resembling angelica sinensis.

Cynanchum officinale

Growth Habits:

It is cold-resistant and not resistant to high temperature. It likes semi-shady habitats and dormancy in hot summer. Intolerant to drought, wet, well-drained fertile sandy loam.

Range of distribution:

Northern China (N to Liaoning), Hebei, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, occurring on moist grasslands and slopes at 780-2800 m above sea level. Japan, Korea and Russia have distribution.

Garden Value:

Beautiful leaves, exquisite flowers, shaped like a purse, colorful, potted and cut flowers are good materials, but also suitable for the layout of flower borders and in the bush, grass edge wet place, landscape effect is excellent.

Medicinal value:

The whole herb can be used as medicine to relieve pain, spasticity, diuresis, regulate menstruation, disperse blood, harmonize blood, eliminate wind and eliminate sores. Garden cultivation for viewing.

Cynanchum officinale

Legend:

In ancient times, 200 miles southeast of Luoyang City, there was a state called Ruzhou, and there was a small town in the west of the state called Miaoxia. Surrounded by mountains and pleasant scenery, there is also a wonderful custom: once a young man and woman are engaged, the woman must personally send a pouch embroidered with mandarin ducks to the man, which means it is self-evident. If it is a fixed child, it must also be embroidered by the sister-in-law of the woman's family or the elder sisters of the neighborhood, as a lifetime token.

There lived in the town a beautiful girl named Yu Nu. Yu Nu is eighteen years old, clever and intelligent. She has exquisite embroidery and weaving skills, especially the various flower patterns embroidered on the purse, which often provoke bees and butterflies to fall on it. This shows the depth of kung fu. Such a good girl, the suitors naturally squeezed through the threshold, but were all politely declined by the girl's family. It turned out that the girl had her own man, and the family also acquiesced. Unfortunately, the young man has been serving outside the Great Wall for two years, and there is no news, let alone a purse. Jade girl day long, night think, bitter miss, then embroider a purse every month chat for missing feelings, and one by one hanging in front of the window peony branch. Over time, the purse formed a string, into what people call the "purse peony".

Cynanchum officinale