Peony kye kimu ku bimuli omukaaga ebimanyiddwa ennyo eby’ensi yange ey’edda. "Ekisinga" mu njogera "Mu bikumi n'ebikumi by'ebimuli, erinnya lyakyo lye lisinga okuba ery'edda" kitegeeza peony. Erinnya "peony" lyasooka kuwandiikibwa mu "Shennong Bencao Jing" (Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica) mu kiseera ky'olulyo lwa Qin ne Han. Olw'enkula yaayo ennungi ne langi eyakaayakana, ekwatagana n'ennukuta y'Oluchina "婥約" (婥約), etegeeza endabika ennungi, era nga kye kiva erinnya "shaoyao." Era kimanyiddwa nga "jiangli," "moguhua," ne "lanweichun."
Cui Bao ow'olulyo lwa Jin yawandiika mu kitabo kye "Gujin Zhu" (Notes on Ancient and Modern Times): "Waliwo ebika bibiri ebya peony: herbaceous peony ne wood peony. wood peony erina ebimuli ebinene, ebya langi enzirugavu- era etera okuyitibwa peony." Olulyo lwa Tang era lwayita peony nga "wood peony." Bwe kityo, peony ne peony bimanyiddwa nga "ebimuli ebibiri ebisinga okulabika obulungi." Enkula zazo ez’ebimuli zifaanagana, nga zaawukana mu butonde bwazo obw’omuddo n’embaawo. Li Shizhen lumu yagamba nti, "Mu bimuli byonna, peony y'esooka ate peony y'ekubiri. N'olwekyo, abantu bayita peony kabaka w'ebimuli ate peony minisita w'ebimuli." Kino kyassaawo ekitiibwa kya peony nga minisita w’ebimuli. Peony muddo oguwangaala nga gulina ebimuli ebinene mu ngeri ez’enjawulo. Ezo ezirina ebimuli ebitono mulimu ebimu, loosi, chrysanthemum, ne rose, ate ezo ezirina ebimuli ebingi mulimu ebika bya terraced, laurel, golden ring, crown ne hydrangea. Ebimuli eby’enjawulo bisobola okutuuka ku kkumi. Ebimuli biba bitangaavu era bya langi, nga bya langi enjeru, kiragala, kiragala, pinki, lavender, purple-emmyufu, emmyufu, n'embala nnyingi-, nga langi za kakobe-emmyufu ne pinki ze zisinga. Peonies zifuumuuka okuva mu May okutuuka mu June, ku nkomerero y’omusana. Olw'okuba ebimuli bya peony byakozesebwanga mu biseera eby'edda okuzuula ebigambo by'enjuba ebya Qingming ne Lixia, enjogera y'abantu "Noonya peonies nga wayise ennaku ssatu nga Lixia" esaasaanye.
Peonies enzaalwa z’ensi yange ne mu bukiikakkono bwa Asia. Zigumira ennyonta-era era zikyukakyuka, era zirimibwa ng’ebimera eby’okwewunda. Zisookera ddala okuyitibwa tree peonies, nga zaaliwo emyaka egisukka mu 4,000 emabega. Ng’ensi esinga obugagga n’ekika kya Paeonia, ensi yange ekola nga kimu kya kusatu ku bika bya Paeonia eby’ensi yonna. N’olwekyo, ensi yange kifo we basaasaanya ebika bya peony eby’omu nsiko ate nga kifo kya kulima ebika bya peony.
Ensibuko y’okulima peony esobola okuddirira mu kiseera ky’Obwakabaka bwa Xia. Mu kiseera ky’Obwakabaka bwa Wei, Jin, n’obugwanjuba n’Obukiikakkono, ensi yange yatandika okuleeta n’okufumbira ensolo z’omu nsiko eziyitibwa peonies. "Ekifo ky'Olubiri lwa Jin" kyogera ku: "Ekifo ky'Olubiri lwa Jin kituumiddwa Huizhang, era ebitanda mukaaga ebya peonies bisimbibwa mu maaso g'ekisenge." Peonies zaakozesebwanga okuyooyoota mu lubiri lwa kabaka. Mu kiseera ky’Obwakabaka bwa Sui ne Tang, peonies zaafuuka za ttutumu nnyo, era okulima kweyongera nnyo. Era zaatandika okulabika mu maka aga bulijjo, era ebitontome ebyabaweebwayo ne bitandika okulabika. Ekitontome kya Meng Jiao "Viewing Flowers" kisoma nti: "Buli maka galina peonies, so gentle and tender." Mu kiseera ky’Obwakabaka bwa Song, ebika bya peony ebipya eby’okulima mu nnimiro byagenda mu maaso n’okuvaayo. "Yangzhou Peony Catalogue" eya Wang Guan ewandiika ebika ebipya munaana, omuli "Yuyi Huang," "Yanghua Guanzi," ne "Yuanhuang Guanzi." Mu kiseera ky’olulyo lwa Ming ne Qing, peonies zeeyongera okwettanirwa. Ekitontome kya Liu Kai "Viewing Peonies in the East of the City" posits: "Ebweru w'ekibuga Xiaohuang, peonies zifuumuuka, era okumasamasa kw'oku makya kulabika buli luvannyuma lwa mayiro ttaano oba kkumi. Amayumba gayimirira mu maaso n'emabega w'ebimuli, era buli maka galima ng'emiti gya mulberry ne hemp." Peonies zitwalibwa nnyo mu ngeri etategeerekeka. Mu kiseera kino, ebitundu byabwe ebisinga okulimibwa mu nsi yange bye bino: North China, Shaanxi, n’obugwanjuba bwa Gansu, era nga nabo balimibwa nnyo mu nsi ezisukka mu 50, omuli Amerika, Bufalansa, Budaaki, ne Japan.
Wadde nga nnyangu okulima n’okulabirira, peonies zirina ebikoola eby’ennyama era ebigumu era ebitera okubooga amazzi. Ebifo ebigulumivu bisaanira okusimba mu bitundu ebirimu amazzi amazibu oba enkuba etonnya ennyo.
Peonies zikula mu bikunta era zituukira bulungi-okusimba mu bitundu ebinene, ne zikola "ennyanja z'ebimuli" eziwuniikiriza. Mu nsuku, peonies zisobola okugattibwa n’amayinja okusobola okulabika obulungi. Peonies era osobola okuzikozesa ng’ebimuli ebitemeddwa ku mbaga. Okwogerwako okwasooka okuwandiikibwa ku kimera kino kuyinza okusangibwa mu kitundu kya "Zhengfeng" mu "Ekitabo ky'Ennyimba": "Omusajja n'omukazi, nga buli omu awa munne peonies mu ngeri ey'okusaaga." Peony efuuse ekirabo wakati w’abasajja n’abakazi mu biseera by’omukwano n’okwawukana, ng’alaga okusuubiza omukwano oba okusiibula. N'olwekyo, peony era emanyiddwa nga "Jiangli," "Keli," "Heli," ne "Licao," era ebadde kabonero ka kwagala mu nsi yange okuva edda.
Kino kiraga nti peony kimera kikulu nnyo mu nnimiro, nga kiwa emigaso emirungi ennyo mu nkula y’ensi n’obutonde mu nsuku ez’enjawulo, okulabirira ebibuga, ebimera ebiri mu nsuwa, ebimuli ebitemeddwa, n’ebintu ebirala ebikozesebwa mu nnimiro n’ensuku.
Peony era muddo gwa ddagala gwa kinnansi ogw'Abachina, ogwogerwako mu byombi "Shennong Bencao Jing" ne "Shanghan Zabing Lun." Okunoonyereza okw’omulembe mu by’eddagala kulaga nti peony alimu ebitundu by’eddagala bingi, omuli terpenes, glycosides, tannins, polysaccharides, ne alkaloids, nga byoleka eddagala eritta obuwuka n’okuziyiza okwennyamira. Era kikola bulungi mu kulongoosa okujjukira n’abaserikale b’omubiri, n’okujjanjaba embeera ng’okukuba omukka n’okulwala asima. N'olwekyo, ekigambo eky'edda "katonda w'ebimuli" ekitegeeza peony kibadde kiyisibwa n'okutuusa leero, era waliwo omusingi gwa kino.
