Prunus persica ‘Cheon Jung Do’

The Tradescants were 17th century gardeners who introduced many new plants to England. More than 160 varieties of fruit were listed amongst the inventory of plants grown at the Tradescants nursery in Lambeth, many of which are illustrated in the Orchard. The Garden Museum invited 40 of the worlds leading botanical artists to paint watercolours of fruit in response to the Orchard.

Eunjoo Lee originally studied Ceramic Arts but went on to study botanical illustration at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington and the Chelsea Physic Garden. She found the Grande Carnation Peach in The Tradescants' Orchard very similar to a kind of peach easily found in Korea called Cheon Jung Do (천중도). A friend of Eun Joo’s has a beautiful orchard which grows several thousand Cheon Jung Do peach trees. She had the opportunity to visit the orchard and referred to the peaches as she researched her painting.