Peony is considered one of the most beautiful types of decorative flowers and is well-deservedly popular with both professional florists and amateur gardeners. These perennials come in both herbaceous and tree varieties and bloom in one to six weeks from spring to mid-summer. Peonies are early, when the period of full flowering falls on the middle - the end of April and the beginning of May. Late flowering usually captures the second decade of July - early August (depending on climatic conditions). The color of flowers varies from snow white with reddish veins to pink, red, burgundy, even yellow and purple. All of them have a characteristic very delicate smell. Pink peonies are considered the most fragrant.
Transplantation and breeding
Intending to decorate their front garden with these wonderful flowers, gardeners ask a legitimate question: when is it better to transplant peonies? Experts advise doing this in the autumn, when the first frosts have passed. First, the plants themselvesthere comes a period of rest and “sleep”, therefore they will easily endure the “moving” and adaptation in a new place. Secondly, the soil has not yet had time to freeze, and the root system will be quite comfortable. How to transplant peonies in terms of choosing a place and soil? In a nutshell, the place should be well lit, and the soil should be nutritious. These flowers appreciate a rich top dressing and will be grateful for a sufficiently fertilized land. You can transplant as a whole bush, and with division (a large, well-developed bush is divided into several). In the second case, you will get new plants. In this case, the fleshy parts of the rhizome should be carefully separated from each other, so that the new bushes have 3-4 reddish shoots. It is not worth immersing new bushes into the ground too deeply. And now in more detail about when to transplant peonies.
The main reasons for transplantation. How to do it smartly
Having once planted a peony bush, you can not touch it for a long time - it is a perennial plant. However, from time to time there is a need to disturb the handsome man and even evict him from the inhabited territory. Why? For example, overgrown trees, a lot of shade and lack of light are one of the main reasons when peonies should be transplanted. They are quite unpretentious, but they do not tolerate the lack of the proper amount of sunlight. The bushes become weak, all the juices go into the stems, which can reach a considerable height, trying to reach the light. There are few foliage on them, buds too, and instead of lush and large flowers they becomesmall.
Old bushes, widely grown, requiring renewal - another case when it is recommended to transplant peonies. This is usually done at 4-5 years of age. If they are not separated, the root system will not be able to provide such a bush with good nutrition, which will immediately affect flowering and the general condition of the plant. Those. in this case, the transplant is used to improve performance.
The transplant procedure itself does not require much time and effort. In the middle - the end of September, the stems of the bush are cut at the level of a centimeter - two from the soil surface. As already mentioned, this is the most suitable time when peonies can be transplanted without harm to the flower. Around the bush, the earth is carefully dug in so that most of the roots remain intact. Then the bush with a small layer of earth is transferred to a new place. When dividing it, the earth is shaken off, the tubers are separated with a sharp knife so that the new bush has enough roots and shoots - from 3 to 5. When planting, the shoots are covered with earth no deeper than 2 cm. The hole with the plant is generously watered.
