远在唐代,我国人民即已称牡丹为“国色”、“天香”。此后到了清代,才有人直接称牡丹为国花。虽然民国时期有主张以梅花代表国花者,但牡丹之为国花,已深深地扎根在我国人民心中。牡丹原产我国西北各地,为我国特产,至少已有一千五百多年的栽培历史。它花朵硕大,花色有黄、白、粉、红、紫、黑、绿、蓝、洒金、杂色等;花型有单瓣型、荷花型、葵花型、玫瑰花型、扁球型、圆球型、长球型、绣球型等;品种繁多,约有三百多种。它“擅天下之观美”,艳冠群芳, Far in the Tang Dynasty, our people had already called the Peony a “national color” and “aroma of nature.” Since then, until the Qing Dynasty, some people directly called Peony as the national flower. Although the Republic of China advocated the use of plum flowers on behalf of the country, Peony was a national flower and was deeply rooted in the hearts of our people. Peony native to all parts of northwestern China, for our specialty, at least 1500 years of cultivation history. Its flowers are huge, the colors are yellow, white, pink, red, purple, black, green, blue, sprinkle gold, variegated, etc .; patterns have a single type, lotus type, sunflower type, rose type, oblate, Ball type, long ball type, hydrangea type, etc .; variety, about three hundred kinds. It “good idea of ​​the United States under the sky,” Yan Guanqun,