{"product_id":"a1c1_peony-botanical-water-bottle-china-native-1","title":"A1C1_Peony Botanical Water Bottle | China Native","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlower Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBottle Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-grade stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 oz (500 ml)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 10.5″ × 2.85″ (27 × 7 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacuum flask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-wall construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowling pin shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdorless and leak-proof cap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeps liquids hot or cold for 6 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Peony\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePaeonia\u003c\/em\u003e (genus); family Paeoniaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative region:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia, Europe, and Western North America — widely associated with China as its primary cultural heartland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlant height:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herbaceous perennial varieties grow 0.25–1 metre (1–3 ft) tall; woody shrub varieties reach 0.25–3.5 metres (1–11½ ft) tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Purple, pink, red, white, or yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late spring to early summer; individual blooms last approximately 7–10 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat It's Known For:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe peony is the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae — a botanical family unto itself, with no close relatives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScientists have identified between 25 and 40 species, with current consensus recognising 33 known species\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flowers are often fragrant and can carry up to 13 petals, with numerous stamens (50–160) packed within each bloom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeonies are popular garden plants across temperate regions worldwide and are sold on a large scale as cut flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe plant produces over 262 distinct compounds — including flavonoids, tannins, and paeonols — which have demonstrated antioxidant, antitumour, and cardiovascular-protective activity in laboratory studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlowers close at night and when skies are overcast — an unusual adaptive behaviour among ornamental garden plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth herbaceous and woody (tree peony) forms exist, giving the genus an unusually wide range of growth habits for a single plant family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe peony has deep roots in Chinese culture, where it has long been regarded as a symbol of prosperity and honour [Common cultural association — specific historical claims require further verification]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerbaceous peonies are among the most recognisable cut flowers of the late-spring season, prized for their full, layered blooms and short, eagerly anticipated availability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe market stalls arrive before the heat does. In the weeks before summer fully settles, when mornings still carry a cool edge and gardens are at their most extravagant, one bloom dominates every bucket, every cart, every flower vendor's display: heavy, round-headed, almost impossibly full — petals folded in on themselves like something still deciding whether to open. This is the peony at its peak, and it lasts only days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat brevity is part of what has made it so significant. The peony genus — \u003cem\u003ePaeonia\u003c\/em\u003e — stands entirely alone in its own botanical family, Paeoniaceae, with no close relatives among flowering plants. Scientists have catalogued 33 known species across Asia, Europe, and Western North America, but it is the peony's relationship with China and the broader Asian cultural world that defines its deepest meaning. Long associated in Chinese tradition with prosperity and honour, the peony — and particularly the woody tree peony, which can reach up to 3.5 metres (11½ feet) — has been depicted by classical artists and cultivated across generations not merely as decoration but as a declaration: this flower, in full bloom, stands for everything a person could aspire to. Fullness of character, a life abundant and well lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the botanists confirm makes the symbolism richer still. The peony flower closes at night and when clouds cover the sun — as though it chooses, deliberately, when to be seen. Inside each bloom, 50 to 160 stamens are packed within a single flower head, alongside a chemistry so complex that researchers have isolated over 262 distinct compounds from Paeoniaceae plants alone — flavonoids, tannins, paeonols — with demonstrated activity against oxidative stress and cardiovascular strain. This is a flower that has been studied, revered, and cultivated across continents for its beauty and its utility in equal measure. It earned its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe peony's flowering window is short — typically just 7 to 10 days per bloom — which is perhaps why its arrival still carries the weight of an occasion. Gardeners plan for it. Florists build whole displays around it. And then it passes, and the waiting begins again. There is something instructive in that rhythm: the most meaningful things are rarely permanent. They ask you to be present, to pay attention, to catch them while they are here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat quality of presence, of something beautiful that rewards attention and does not overstay — this is why Hibiscus chose the peony's story to travel with you. Every time you reach for this bottle, you carry a flower that has moved through imperial courts and morning markets, through millennia of cultivation and wonder, and still arrives each late spring as though for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat It Stands For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe peony stands for abundance, honour, and the rare beauty of something that asks you to stop — because it will not be here long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Perfect Gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in your life who loves the natural world — who has a soft spot for flowers, feels most at home outdoors, or simply appreciates a beautiful thing that means something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a milestone, or any day that deserves a gift she'll actually use. Whether it goes on the trail, to the desk, or on the kitchen bench — it'll be reached for every single day. And every time she does, she carries a story from somewhere real, something that has lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just a bottle. The whole story. She just gets to drink from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Hibiscus Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54067201605975,"sku":"HB-A1C1F01-S12","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/7555\/3367\/files\/bottle_front_V02_01.12.png?v=1784474148","url":"https:\/\/hibiscusstudio.co\/products\/a1c1_peony-botanical-water-bottle-china-native-1","provider":"Hibiscus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}