Festival Maxim (peony): description

In the spring, courtyards and public gardens are adorned with beautifully flowering peony bushes. 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-flowered (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 the study of the pion is evidenced by the fact that in the early 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 milky-flowered.
• Interspecific hybrids.

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

• Simple (non-basic).
• Japanese with stamens without pollen.
• Anemoid with a large number of staminoids (modified stamens).
• Semi-double
• Terry, which distinguish four groups, including pink.

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

Peony of the Maxim Festival

The festival of Maxima is a peony, which has proved itself well over a century and a half of its history. It was then that this beautiful flower was created in France.

What kind of peony of the Festival Maxim? Description and photos show that the peony bush of this variety is tall, spreading. The stems grow to 1 meter. The leaves are large, dark green in color. Flower rosy-like terry. The petals fit tightly to each other. The size of the flower can reach 20 cm. The color of the petals is white, the central ones are with red strokes along the edges.

The Maxima Festival is a peony that blooms for about two weeks. The number of flowers is large. The flower is fragrant, with a delicate and rather strong smell.

Soil for Peony Festival Maxim

Peony Grassy Festival Maxim can enjoy a bloom 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 dark places. The distance from the buildings should be at least 2 m. There they will not bloom.

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

The primer for the growth of the Peony Festival Maxim must be nutritious. But it can be successfully grown on the poor. Such flowers are not well felt on the sand, so it needs to be diluted with clay and organic.

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

Planting the Peony of the Festival Maxim

To transplant the Peony of the Festival of Maxima is necessary in the autumn, in September. Planting later is undesirable, because he may not have time to get accustomed to frost.

When planting in spring, the plant tolerates transplantation much worse. His kidneys begin to unfold very early, so they fall off during division.

The Festival of Maxim is a peony, which you do not need to immerse deeply into the earth. The upper kidney should be at ground level. If planted much deeper, shoots will be weak, flowers will be small. The depth of the pit for planting the Peony Festival Maxima must be at least 70 cm. The root length reaches 60 cm. There must be room for their further growth, otherwise they will cease to grow.

If the peony is planted too high, in spring it will be on the surface. He is sprinkled with earth, and in the autumn they transplant.

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

The removed top layer of the earth is mixed with humus, peat. Add a glass of wood ash or superphosphate. Put the pit in the bottom. It is better to prepare a hole in advance, for six months. But not always it turns out. The land in the pit must be settled for at least 2 weeks. If this could not be done in advance, the soil during the planting of the pion is well rammed.

The distance between the pion bushes should be at least 1 m.

Care for the pioneer of the Festival Maxim

After planting peonies should be watered. Can be covered with peat or mown grass. The first two years to fertilize peonies is not necessary. They will have enough nutrients that are planted during planting. Loosen the soil, remove the weeds. Do not allow the pion to bloom just after planting. If flower buds are formed, they are torn off.

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

The Peony of the Festival Maxim is abundantly flowering, the photo of which is located here since the third year. In a few years the bush will grow, the stems will not be able to hold flat and begin to bend under the weight of the flowers. Therefore, they will need to provide support. It is set a week before the peonies blossom, so as not to damage the flowers afterwards.

Can you make it so that the peony of the Festival of Maxim is even larger? Comments of flower growers are advised to remove all buds, except the central one. Then the remaining central flower will be larger. Faded flowers are also removed, so that the bush does not waste energy on the formation of seeds. They should not be used for the reproduction of the Peony Festival Maxim.

Cutting flowers

Many gardeners grow flowers on a slice. 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 cut off all or most of it, young buds will be weak. A part of the stem with several leaves should also be left.

Peony preparation for winter

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