Peony Edulis Superba (Paeonia Edulis Superba)

This plant pleases with its beauty for several weeks. Luxurious pink flowers with a pleasant aroma are unpretentious, but at the same time require adherence to certain rules of care. How to grow a peony of this variety is described in this article.

Peony Edulis Superba

This plant can be a great garden decoration. It belongs to the milky-flowered varieties of peonies. Luxurious pink and lilac flowers are in perfect harmony with many other plants.

How the Superba peony blooms

Brief description and characteristics

Peony Endulis Superba is a perennial shrub. It has large, fleshy roots. The shrub can reach a height of 90 cm.

The flowers are large, their diameter is usually 14 cm. The double flowers are pink or lilac in color. The leaves are large, dissected, with a glossy surface. This variety has an early flowering period.

For your information! The flowers give off a strong, pleasant aroma.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Peony Edulis Superba is known for its virtues:

he has beautiful flowers;
has a strong and pleasant aroma;
tolerates winter frosts well;
cut peonies can stand in a vase for a long time.

As a disadvantage, they note a short flowering and the need to cut flowers during the first year of growth.

Use in landscape design

Planting is popular both in the form of single bushes and in the form of a group of compositions against the background of a lush green lawn. It goes well with phlox, roses and clematis.

Note! The variety looks spectacular when used together with conifers.

Growing a flower

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Reproduction of Superba peonies is performed by dividing the root. This requires a bush with a developed root system. It is necessary to divide it into several parts so that each has at least three buds.

Important! The division is carried out from late August to early September.

Use in design

Planting by root cuttings

It is necessary that the used part of the peony root has a length of at least 10-15 cm. It is important that there are bush growth points on it. There must be at least 3 of them. Before planting, disinfection is carried out in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. For cuts, you need to use crushed coal. For better rooting, you can dip the root cuttings in a growth promoter.

What time is the boarding

Root cuttings are planted in the fall. They need to be watered well. For the winter, cuttings are mulched with peat. In the spring, the mulch is removed, and the earth is carefully loosened.

Seat selection

According to the description, Edulis Superba peony requires soil that is weakly acidic or neutral. It is recommended that the ground has a pH of 6.0-7.0. It is important that it is well breathable and moisture permeable. Loamy soil is best for this peony.

Choose well-lit areas.

Important!These plants should not be planted next to fruit trees because they will compete for nutrients from the soil.

How to prepare the soil and flower for planting

Before planting on the site, you need to remove debris and weed out the grass.It is recommended to dig up the ground so that it better allows oxygen to pass through.

If the growing area is in a low location where flooding could threaten it, drainage must be done.

Peony seeds

Planting procedure step by step

To properly plant Paeonia Edulis Superba, you need to do the following:

Prepare a hole for it, the width, length and depth of which should be 50 cm. It is necessary to plant several bushes in such a way that each of them has at least one and a half square meters of land.
It is necessary to plant the seedling to such a depth that there is a layer of earth 4-5 cm thick above the rhizome.

Note! This herbaceous shrub must not be buried too deep, otherwise it will grow well, but there will be very few flowers.

Seed planting

Seeds should be planted in the soil only when it is well warmed up by the rays of the sun. Before planting, you need to stratify the seeds, selecting the strongest and most viable.

When planted in open ground with seeds, this variety has a very low germination rate. Therefore, this breeding method is practically not used.

Plant care

With proper care, the Superba peony will delight the owner with excellent flowering in the second year. There are few rules that must be followed during care. However, with insufficient care for the flower, the peony will grow much worse.

Watering and feeding

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The plant needs regular watering. In this case, waterlogging should not be allowed. In hot summers, you need to increase the amount of water. Sometimes you can spray the leaves with water to help the plant withstand the heat.

Peonies are fed in the spring. For this, organic fertilizers (for example, humus) are used in the amount of 5-15 kg per 1 m². Additionally, you can add 50-100 g of urea and 15-20 g of nitroammofoska per 1 m². In the fall, complex mineral fertilizers are added, in which there is no nitrogen.

For your information! On marginal lands, peonies are fed annually. On fertile ones, this can be done every 2 years.

Unopened bud

Mulching and loosening

Mulching is recommended. For this, you can, for example, take sawdust. Due to them, moisture will remain longer. Mulching also suppresses the activity of insect pests and weed growth.

It is necessary to regularly loosen the ground under the bushes. It is especially important to do this after watering, so that after drying, the top layer does not form a crust. The loose earth will provide air and moisture to the roots of the plant.

Blooming peony Edulis Superba

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This plant belongs to early flowering plants. Flowers form in May-June. They can be observed for 17-20 days.

A period of activity and rest

Peony has an active period of development from early spring to mid-autumn. In October, November and during the winter, this plant has a dormant period.

Care during and after flowering

During the formation of flowers, it is necessary to feed the plant with potash and phosphorus fertilizers. When it ends, the exit takes place in the usual way.

Peony bushes

What to do if it does not bloom

Problems associated with flowering are caused by violations of the rules of care. This can happen when:

insufficient lighting;
stagnation of moisture;
insufficient watering;
lack of nutrients.

With careful care, the gardener will not face the problem of lack of flowers.

Peonies after flowering

When summer is over, it's time to prepare the peony for wintering. If done correctly, next year it will give the owner a lush bloom.

Transfer

If the plant needs to be transplanted to a new place, it is dug up along with a clod of earth. A pit is prepared for a peony, where its roots are placed freely. After transplanting, it must be watered well.

Pruning

When the plant is one year old, all the buds that have grown on it must be cut off. After that, in the second and subsequent years, the peony will delight with lush and luxurious flowering. In autumn, the shoots of the plant are removed, leaving the roots.

Important! When the autumn season comes, the aerial part is completely cut off to prepare for wintering. The roots are spud and covered with a non-woven material and a layer of fallen leaves.

Diseases, pests and ways to control them

Severe waterlogging of the roots can contribute to the occurrence of fungal diseases. In this case, the damaged plant parts must be removed. After that, they are treated with special preparations.

Beautiful flower

This unpretentious and beautiful plant can be an excellent decoration of the site. To grow it, you need to follow relatively simple care rules.