Festival Maxim (peony): description

In the spring, courtyards and public gardens are adorned with beautifully floweringbushes of peonies. They grow almost everywhere. Their popularity is associated with huge beautiful flowers that emit a strong but delicate flavor. Simplicity of leaving, unpretentiousness have made them irreplaceable for any gardener. A variety of colors allows you to turn any flowerbed into a bright multi-colored carpet. Among the variety of pions there are several whites. One of them is the peony of the Maxim Festival.

Variety description

Peonies are perennial flowers. Among the three dozen species there are herbaceous and tree-like varieties. They differ in that the tree-like grow in the form of a bush or tree, and the stems of grassy for the winter disappear. Tree in the form of a shrub or half-shrub grow in nature in the south-west of China. In regions with a temperate climate, grasses are more common.

Peonies in nature have flowers with five petals pink, red or white. Only in the Caucasus grow white and yellow. Stamens are many, they are noticeable, with long threads of red color.

Some types of pions:

• Medicinal, which began to grow first. Distributed in the Mediterranean.
• Milky-flowering (white-flowered, Chinese) grows in the Far East. Not affected by disease, not afraid of difficult weather conditions.
• Narrow-leaved with red flowers and dissected leaves.

The interest in studying the pion is evidenced by the fact,that at the beginning of the twentieth century a society of pioneers was established in America. Based on these wild species, breeders have created tens of thousands of varieties. All of them are divided into three groups:

• Ofitsinaly - selected varieties of peony medicinal, which includes terry varieties of red, pink and white.
• Chinese peonies - created on the basis of the peony of the dairy-flowering.
• Interspecific hybrids.

According to the structure of the flower, all varieties of peonies are divided into the following groups:

• Simple (non-double).
• Japanese with stamens without pollen.
• Anemia with a large number of staminodes (modified stamens).
• Semi-double
• Terry, in which there are four groups, including rose-like.

There are three groups of pions in terms of flowering. The earliest bloom in the first half of June. Those that bloom until the third decade of this month are average. Late flowering continues until the first decade of July.

Peony Festival Maxima

The Maxim Festival is a peony that has worked well over the century and a half of its history. It was then that this beautiful flower was created in France.

What kind of peony is the Maxim Festival? The description and photos show that the bush is a peony of this variety is tall, spreading. Stems grow to 1 meter. The leaves are large, dark green color. The flower is pinkish terry. Petals tight to each other. Flower size can reach 20 cm. The color of the petals is white, the central ones with red strokes on the edges.

Maxim's Festival - a peony that blooms for about two weeks. The number of flowers is large. The flower is fragrant, with a gentle and quite strong smell.

Soil for Peony Festival Maxim

Peony Grassy Maxim Festival can pleasebloom in one place for about three decades. Therefore, planting it, you need to provide that in the future he received a large amount of light. Can grow in slightly darkened places. The distance from the buildings should not be less than 2 m. There they will not bloom.

The Maxim Festival is a peony that loves neutral soil. The level of acidity for planting peony pH 6-6.5. Adding lime or wood ash will help make the soil less acidic.

Soil for growing peony of the Maxim Festivalmust be nutritious. But on the poor it can be grown successfully. Such flowers feel bad in the sand, so it needs to be diluted with clay and organic matter.

The peony in marshy areas feels worse. There, its roots begin to rot, which can lead to the death of the plant.

Peony planting of the Maxim Festival

Replanting the peony of the Maxima Festival is needed in the fall, in September. Landing later is undesirable because it may not have time to settle down to the frost.

When planted in the spring, the plant tolerates the transplant much worse. His buds start to bloom very early, so when they fall off they fall off.

Maxim's Festival - a peony to be immersed inthe earth is not deep. The upper kidney should be at ground level. If you plant much deeper, the shoots will be weak, the flowers will be small. The depth of the pit for planting the peony of the Maxim Festival must be at least 70 cm. The root length reaches 60 cm. There must be room for further growth, otherwise they will cease to grow.

If the peony is planted too high, in the spring it will be on the surface. It is sprinkled with earth, and transplanted in the fall.

The pit for planting a peony of the Maxim Festival is prepared earlier. Lay a layer of drainage: gravel, expanded clay, coarse sand.

The removed upper layer of earth is mixed withhumus, peat. Add a glass of wood ash or superphosphate. Lay on the bottom of the pit. It is better to prepare a hole in advance, for six months. But not always it turns out. The ground in the pit should stand at least 2 weeks. If this could not be done in advance, the soil when planting a peony is well rammed.

The distance between peony bushes must be at least 1 m.

Peony Care Maxim Festival

After planting the peonies need to be watered. You can grind peat or mowed grass. The first two years do not need to fertilize peonies. They will be enough nutrients pledged during planting. Loosen the soil, remove weeds. Do not allow the peony to bloom immediately after planting. If flower buds are formed, they are cut off.

The young bush for the winter is covered with peat. Subsequently, he will not need shelter.

The peony of the Maxim Festival blooms profusely, photowhich is located here starting in the third year. After a few years the bush will grow, the stems will not be able to keep exactly and will begin to lean under the weight of the flowers. Therefore, they will need to provide support. It is set a week before the peonies bloom, so as not to damage the flowers.

Is it possible to make the peony bigger?Maxim's festival? Reviews flower growers are advised to remove all buds, except the central. Then the remaining central flower will be larger. Faded flowers are also removed, so that the bush does not spend power on the formation of seeds. They should not be used for breeding peony of the Maxim Festival.

Cutting flowers

Many gardeners grow flowers on the cut. But you need to carefully separate them from the bush. On each bush you need to cut no more than half the flowers. If you trim all or most of it, the young buds will be weak. Part of the stem with a few leaves, too, must be left.

Preparing peony for winter

At the end of the summer, fertilizer, humus and mineral fertilizers are applied under the peony bush of the Maxim Festival. Cut the leaves, but they do not cover the bush. This can lead to gray mold disease.

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