The botanical encyclopedia describes 5 thousand varieties of peonies. Among this diversity, a special place is occupied by the peony Etched Salmon. A flower that is hard not to admire.
Peony Etched Salmon (Paeonia Etched Salmon) - what kind of variety
Peony is "domesticated" by people millennia ago. In the wild, they no longer meet him. They consider Southeast Asia to be their homeland.
Creating hybrids is a tricky business. It takes decades to breed one variety. Nevertheless, scientists are engaged in this painstaking work. The result of such experiments by Canadian breeders was the peony Etched Salmon.
Peony Etched Salmon
Description, characteristic
Etched Salmon is a grassy ornamental plant. It resembles a rose in shape and aroma.
What does culture look like:
- The bush is compact and neat, up to 80 cm high. Resistant to rain and wind.
- The stems are elastic, erect, strong. Each ends with a bud. There are no lateral flowers.
- The leaves are large, petiolate, medium green.
- Decorative high.
- Flower. The color is pink, coral, with a golden border around the edges. During flowering, it changes several times, but does not fade in the sun. The petals are corrugated, narrow in the center, wide at the edges, curved outward. The size of the flowers is the same - 16-17 cm in diameter.
- The aroma is delicate, not intrusive, with weak lemon notes.
- The roots are fibrous, located close to the surface of the soil.
Culture is characterized by slow development. The annual plant does not bloom. In the second year after planting, several buds are observed.
For reference! Peony Salmon grows and blooms luxuriantly in the third or fourth year.
Peony at Etched Salmon in the Garden
Advantages and disadvantages
Peonies have many admirers who unite in clubs and societies. The forums discuss the advantages and disadvantages of varieties, share their growing experience.
Among the merits of peony Etched Salmon are:
- Early-average time for buds to open - in June you can admire the flower on the flower beds and discounts. Bloom for 4-5 weeks.
- Great smell.
- Great color and pink bud shape.
- Subtle aroma.
- Resistance to diseases inherent in the species.
- Unpretentiousness in leaving.
The disadvantage is the high cost of seed. About 2,500 rubles are given for one dividend (the cost is relevant in the fall of 2019).
Use in landscape design
Etched Salmon stand out at the club. Their decorative qualities are used by professional designers, summer residents, owners of suburban estates.
A retro trend is considered fashionable when a single bush is planted near a garden bench or swing. The best setting and background for Etched Salmon is the even, bright green of the lawn, if it is wide enough.
- A bright red garden geranium, or white tansy, is suitable as a peony partner. This is an equal partnership.
- Violets are planted right under the peony bush. If you want contrast, they put digitalis next to them.
Simple garden paths with a peony instead of a border look original. The charm is not lost even when the peony has bloomed, because the foliage of the plant looks quite decorative. It does not dry after flowering, remains juicy and green until late autumn.
Attention! Herbaceous plants look especially impressive when planted close to each other. Then, during flowering, they merge into a picturesque picture, giving the site a presentable appearance.
Dewdrop Flower
Flower growing
Peony grows in one place for a long time. Eight to ten years is not the limit. Landings are observed, which are 30 years old. Culture does not like transplants, so the location is chosen carefully.
Site selection, soil preparation
The main enemy of the peony is groundwater. A bed close to the surface will destroy the root system of the Salmon peony. In the lowlands it is not planted for the same reason.
The place is chosen sunny, or with scattered partial shade. Cold drafts are not acceptable. Better ventilated hillock.
The soil is fertile with a low acidity. Peony on loose loam is well established. Acidic soils are treated with dolomite flour, lime, ash to normalize the pH level - its indicator should not exceed 5.5-6.0 units.
Attention! Better if the soil at the Etched Salmon peony pad is slightly alkaline or has a neutral pH.
Before landing, the site is dug up by 2 bayonet shovels. Weed roots, stones, debris are removed. Make compost or humus. Manure is not needed. The earth rests before planting, is saturated with oxygen.
The soil texture is corrected by sand, clay, humus.
Planting time, selection of planting material
Peonies Etcher Salmon planted in early autumn. Planting material placed in a fertile environment will take root before frost and will winter well under cover. In the spring, immediately after the snow melts, the protection is removed. The buds of the plant wake up early and start growing, so they will rot under cover.
A spring planting will give a result if it is carried out early, but not in frozen soil.
A plant sapling is a delenka taken from a 4-6 year old bush. You can determine the age by sight. Rhizomes are thick, smooth, not lignified. Branches - 2-4 pieces. Each one has thin subordinate roots up to 20 cm long. Pink and whitish spots indicate the onset of infection.
On each root there is a stem and a growth point. In total there should be 3-5 pieces. When the kidneys are larger, they quickly deplete the root system.
Peony Etched Salmon in a bouquet
The stalks are clipped. If they rot, then they were not treated with an antiseptic - such material is rejected.
Rhizomes carefully inspect. Thickening near the root of the neck, not like the rhizomes themselves, can be cancer. Nodules on the accessory roots indicate a root nematode. Such seedlings are not suitable for breeding - they can affect the entire front garden.
Landing step by step
The technology for planting peonies is the same as planting bushes. Be sure to observe the distance between the plants - they must be separated from each other by 1 m. Then all the peony bushes will receive plenty of light and air.
Work order:
- They dig a cone-shaped hole with a diameter and depth of 50 cm. A spacious hole is needed so as not to damage the fragile roots.
- Drainage is poured into the bottom. If in this place the rain water is delayed, a layer is made of 20 cm. Use stones, expanded clay, coarse pebbles, broken brick.
- They fall asleep with soil removed from the pit. But pre-mix it with peat, sand, humus, ash.
- In the middle place the rhizome.
- They are carefully sprinkled with earth, crushed with their hands so that there are no air voids near the roots.
- The root neck is deepened by 3-5 cm.
- Abundantly watered.
The procedure is completed by mulching with improvised material: peat, straw, or dry soil.
Seed propagation
At home, growing a peony from seeds is difficult - they germinate for 2 years. Moreover, the resulting plant loses its maternal properties. Blossoms achieve at 7-8 year of culture. But most gardeners do not like flowering and disappoint.
For reference! The method used by breeders to breed hybrids of peonies.
Peony Care Etched Salmon
If the plant is correctly planted, then care for it is almost unnecessary. By and large, this is a plant that will exist without care. But for high decorative culture, some events are still held.
Watering
For a grassy peony, three required waterings are sufficient:
- Immediately after the snow melts, the earth is shed with 1% potassium permanganate. The goal is not hydration, but the awakening of the kidneys. At the same time disinfect the soil.
- At the end of June, the procedure is carried out so that buds of renewal are formed for growth and flowering next year.
- Before the fall. Watering stimulates the peony to build additional roots.
These humidifications should not be standard 10 liters per bush, but much more plentiful - 2-3 buckets per plant.
During the summer, maintenance irrigation is not prohibited. You can even arrange drip irrigation. The main thing is not to flood the plant - the roots are sensitive to excess moisture, can rot.
Fertilizers
The stock of nutrients in the soil is replenished with organic and inorganic preparations.
In the first 2 years, the plant can not be fed - it will have enough nutrition, which was laid in the pit during planting. Further adhere to the standard scheme:
- In the spring, nitrogen compounds are used for the rapid growth of shoots and leaf growth.
- At the time of budding watered with mineral fertilizers.
- At the peak of flowering, paeonia Etched Salmon is supported by potassium phosphate solutions.
The beauty of inflorescences helps to preserve and increase foliar spraying with growth regulators once a month.
Peony Salmon in the flowerbed
Weeding, mulching
Loosening the soil with the removal of weeds is an obligatory agricultural measure. Weeds take the plant's normal nutrient intake. Loosening will allow air to freely penetrate to roots that need oxygen.
Weed the ground after watering so that the top layer does not catch on with a crust. Then they mulch.
A thick layer (10 cm) of mulch is poured in the autumn before wintering. Stems are cut, planting is covered with sawdust, peat, humus. This will be enough for a safe wintering of the plant.
Attention! If the winters in the region are severe, they cover them with non-woven material.
Peony does not bloom what to do
The reasons that there are greens, but the buds are not tied, lie in the place of planting. A dense shadow, close proximity to fruit trees depress the plant.
Poor water leaves, the roots are wet all the time - this is also the reason why the peony will not bloom. Groundwater negatively affects flower growth. It should be transplanted to a sunny, ventilated place.
After flowering, the bush remains a decoration of the garden. Does not need care, just cut off faded heads.
Disease Prevention, Pruning
Culture is not susceptible to diseases and parasites. But for the prevention of using drugs "Biotlin" and "Actellik".
The description of the agronomic technology of the peach Etched Salmon includes cutting and forming a bush, because it thickens by the age of 7-8. Peony loses its attractiveness, and its flowers are fading.
Excess shoots are removed, thin out the plant. Faded heads are cut off immediately, as the petals begin to crumble. If you are late for the procedure, diseases will begin to develop. Inflorescences are removed by 2/3 of the shoot so that the leafy part of the stem remains from the ground.
When they want to get seeds for selection, 1-2 inflorescences are left in the bush, which bloom first.
Adult plants can lose stalk resistance. In order not to fall to the ground under the weight of the flowers, they are tied.
Attention! Before winter, the green aerial part is cut off, 3 cm stumps are left. In this case, the sections are dusted with ash.
Peony bush propagation
An adult bush of 6-8 years old grows strongly and ceases to be attractive, therefore it is separated and planted. Do this in late August or early September. The culture is abundantly watered. When the earth becomes wet and the roots are saturated with moisture, they dig out with a large lump of earth. You can leave part of the rhizomes with shoots in the same place - the plant will quickly return to normal and will bloom next year.
Dug rhizomes are shaken off the ground, washed, inspected. Divided into several parts. Each leaves 3-4 roots with shoots and growth points. Sick and weak roots are rejected. Immediately begin landing.
Attention! Transplanting a bush is not recommended. It will take root for a long time - 2-3 years.
Peony Etched Salmon is a beautiful ornamental herbaceous plant. A wonderful decoration of the site, which develops slowly, but for decades pleases with perfect coral pink flowers. Simple care, pests do not touch it.
