How to transplant peonies, and how to plant them in spring

Flowers such as peonies will decorate any yard. To enjoy them as long as possible, you need to consider all the features of caring for the bushes. These shrubs are most common among gardeners and gardeners, so they grow in almost all lovers. For the bushes to grow and bloom longer, you need to know how to transplant peonies and do it at the right time.

Why do I need a transplant?

Pluses of the plant:

• a popular spring flower that is most often found in flower beds;
• bright aroma;
• variety of color palette;
• splendor of flowering;
• ease of care for it (not capricious, does not require close attention, frequent watering and too nutritious soil).

Planting a bush on the site

Even if these shrubs were planted correctly and successfully grew for a long time, sooner or later they may need to change their location.

What factors indicate that it is time to transplant home peonies:

• lack of enough space. After all, every year this plant occupies more and more territory, which can interfere with neighboring crops and lead to deterioration of flowering shrubs. What to do? Seed the bush, while dividing it into several smaller parts, if these are not indoor peonies, which will be discussed in another article;
• long growing season. Similar is found in peonies of the Kelweis Glorios variety. Due to the long process, there is a risk of contracting certain diseases. In this case, it is possible to detect a lack of nutrients, which significantly affects the growth of the bush;
• the need to change places. At home or in the country, changes sometimes occur: new buildings appear that can interfere with the growth of peonies, or the arrangement of the flower bed simply changes;
• if the flowers grow in the same place for about 10 years, then you can notice the chopping of flowers, which also indicates the need to transplant the plant.

Powerful bush roots

Optimal transplant dates

Peonies can be transplanted at different times.

Spring

If you have a question about how to transplant peonies in spring, you need to take into account weather conditions.

At this time of the year, peonies and amateur summer residents transplant peonies, plant them in flowerbeds or near houses. How to plant peonies in the spring:

1. Dig out the entire bush carefully, but do not separate it so that it will take root well in the new place. After wintering, thanks to new processes, this happens much faster. To do this is not earlier than melting snow and to a temperature of 5-7 ° C.
2. Prepare in advance a pit with loose and nutritious soil with the addition of manure or compost. Do not add organic dressing.
3. No need to remove the earth completely from the roots. The process should be as accurate as possible. The bush is put in a hole and sprinkled with earth.
4. In a new place, it is necessary to tie up a bush, compact the ground and water it abundantly.
5. Caring for peonies in a new place will not differ from the previous one.

How to plant in autumn

If the question of how to transplant peonies in the spring has not been decided, this procedure can be done in August (at the very end). This month is also favorable, since the weather is still warm, there is no heavy rainfall. However, the preparation of the pit should be taken in the spring. For such a long time, she will definitely be ready to transplant flowers into her. Soil should consist of sand with earth and compost.

Lush bush ready for transplanting

Protected rainwater is suitable for irrigation.

Guide to action:

1. Use a pitchfork to dig a bush, gently removing roots from the underground.
2. If necessary, thin out, remove into excess roots: rotten, damaged during digging, etc.
3. For the fast growth of a new plant, at least 6 buds on the roots are required.
4. Before planting in a new hole, the peony roots are washed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, disinfecting from germs. The same applies to inventory.
5. The root is placed at a depth of 20-30 cm, is covered with earth and rammed, watered abundantly.

Both transplants are relevant: in spring, the roots have not yet entered the active phase of growth, and in the fall they have already left it.

How to grow peonies at home in a seed way

This type of breeding of peonies is not very popular, because it has a number of disadvantages:

What do the seeds look like

• seeds do not preserve the properties of varieties;
• many varieties do not give seeds after flowering (only 10% of the varieties have ways to do this);
• even if they managed to grow, flowering will come in 4-5 years.

What seeds to choose for planting

For example, Gardenia peony seeds ripen by fall. You need to choose not hard and dry, but full with brilliance, otherwise the peony will rise only after 3 years. It is necessary to have time to collect planting material before mid-September, because the cold puts the seeds into a sleepy state, and their germination will no longer be possible.

There is another way to germinate the seeds. He needs warm stratification, the procedure is carried out in winter. A pot of sand and seeds in it is heated to 30 ° C for 6 hours, and then held at a temperature of 17-18 ° C for 3-4 hours. The process is repeated many times, while moisturizing. Sprouted peony seeds are carefully removed and dive into small containers to a depth of 5 mm. In the spring, sown in open ground to a depth of 5 cm, while feeding urea.

How to propagate a tree peony at home

Propagation of tree peonies occurs in several ways:

Tree peony

• dividing the bush;
• air layering;
• cuttings;
• vaccination;
• growing from seed.

The propagation process using cuttings is carried out in the middle of summer. From the most healthy bush, shoots with buds and leaves are separated. Then they are placed in a peat substrate under plastic glasses. Two months later, the cuttings are planted in pots, creating the same greenhouse conditions, and kept until spring. Then transplanted to a flower bed.

Propagation by layering

To apply the method of propagation by layering, a good shoot is selected from the bush, pressed to the ground, for example, with wire, and covered with soil.

Vaccination propagation is a complex process, which is sometimes beyond the power of gardeners. An incision is made in the preselected root (it is torn from the side of the bush very carefully so as not to damage), a vaccine is inserted into it. The hole is filled with wood sawdust. Then it remains to wait for seedlings. When they appear, you can finally dig and transplant to the selected place. The most suitable time for this method is the end of summer.

Peonies breeders propagate seeds, as the actions must be followed in strict sequence. You must be able to choose the freshest seeds, as described above. If everything is done correctly, then the peony will rise no earlier than in 2-3 years, and it will begin to bloom in five years.

Division of the bush is used only when the plant is more than 5 years old. The bushes are carefully dug up, washed with roots and divided into several parts so that each has three shoots.

The course of action will be considered on the example of the milky-flowered peony Gardenia. In autumn, the bush is covered with spruce paws and dry leaves to enhance immunity in winter. The next year, bushes can be planted, but only this should be done before August.

For planting, you must choose an open and sunny area without drafts. From a strong shadow, the plant will give meager flowering. There should also be no other plantings, this will only harm both sides.

For transplantation, the mother bush is removed from the ground, the roots are divided into the right amount. They dig a hole in the right place with a depth of 70 cm, loosen the bottom, fill it by a third with top dressing. The roots of the resulting delenka are smoothed carefully in the pit, but the earth is not compacted, it must settle itself.

The first two seasons after planting, feeding is not required. Young bushes will have enough nutrients that they contributed during the planting. Blooming peonies can be achieved without various additives.

Peony of this variety always requires moistened mail, especially in the spring before flowering. Watering is usually carried out once every 7-10 days.

Care

There should be enough water, but not much. During flowering, you need to water more often so that the flowers are brighter. After completing this process, you need to return to the previous watering mode.

However, do not forget about the diseases from which peonies can suffer. One must be able to determine the ailment in order to fight with suitable means. For example, gray rot spreads on stems and buds, and powdery mildew damages leaves. As a treatment, a solution of copper sulfate or soap is used, and the affected leaves and stems are removed.

With constant careful care, peonies grow and bloom every year, have a fresh look, bright aroma and large buds.

Thus, the reproduction and transplantation of various types of peonies is not a fast process, sometimes even complicated. But the plants themselves are not capricious, it is only necessary to observe the correctness of the actions in the care.