Pion: talisman against evil spirits

Family: pionovyh. Homeland pions - China, where the flower enjoys the veneration and love, as a talisman, protecting from evil spirits and disease. |

Peony flower is not room, this beautiful garden plants outdoors, blooming from May to mid-July. The encyclopaedia of indoor plants is represented as a peony flower for the holiday, which can be made to bloom indoors by a certain date. Peony flowers, as well as tulips, lilies, hyacinths, irises, daffodils, etc., can be subjected to "distillation" and get a luxurious flowers long before their normal time of flowering, but without knowing the basic rules of planting and caring for peonies in this matter is necessary.

Peony has a lush bright leaves and large beautiful flowers. Most varieties of peonies - a herbaceous perennial plants, but some varieties of peonies, for example, tree peonies are deciduous shrubs. By the structure of the flower peonies are undouble, their petals are arranged in a row. (All wild peonies and their hybrids have undouble flowers); semi-double - have several rows of petals; dressing - the most beautiful peonies, their petals are fringed edge, all the petals are gathered in tight outlet without the expressed stamens and pistils. Flowers pions have a variety of colors. White peonies look very solemn, they often give teachers the final examination in schools, delicate bouquet of pink peonies usually give to girls and young women, and red peonies dark shades should be fine as a gift to men.

Wild peony form, found in Siberia, is the pion deviates (P. anomala) is also called Mar'in root - perennial herb with a large rhizome and thick roots. Leaves cauline, dissected to lanceolate segments. Flowers large, solitary, petals red. Flowering in May-June. Peony deviating used as a medicinal plant. From the roots of the pion evading after fermentation and distillation receiving infusion of the pion. Peony tincture contains essential oils, peonol-oksifenilmetilketon, benzoic and salicylic acids, saponins, tannins, sugar, starch, trace elements - strontium, chromium, etc. As raw material for brandy pion can be used as roots and other plant parts. As medicinal peony root is more effective peony leaves and flowers. 10% tincture of peony root evading used as a sedative for insomnia, with vegetative-vascular diseases, in neurasthenia, etc. Is evading peony tincture 30-40 drops 3 times a day for 30 days. Due to strong bactericidal properties of root peony used to treat diarrhea of various etiologies, as well as in the treatment of gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers. It treats not only the tincture pion evading, but also the root of (a piece the size of a pea), which take 3 times daily after meals, washed down with water.

Another wild species - Peony steppe, occurs in the steppe regions of Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, peony tonkolistny (P. tenuifolia). The people this kind of peony called azure flower or Vorontsov. Plants have thin pale green leaves and bright red with beautiful flowers. Flowering mid-July, ottsvetaya gives brown seeds pion. In therapeutic use for the flowers and roots. It is believed that the pion tonkolistny soothes cough, has antispasmodic, diuretic, used for pain in his heart. Decoction of roots pion tonkolistnogo used as a means to strengthen the hair. However, be aware that the pion tonkolistny poisonous plant and its use requires some careful and precise dosing, so the treatment infusions pion required medical consultation.

Most of the peonies, which grow in our gardens are different varieties of herbaceous peonies, mostly originating from pions Chinese - molochnotsvetkoyh (P. lactiflora). Herbaceous peonies - a rhizome grass, with luxurious large flowered variety of shades. Among herbaceous peonies are distinguished "Japanese" peonies. They differ from other types of peonies flower structure - the outer (wide) lobes, located in one - two rows, lined with narrow petals (staminodes), which transformed stamens. Exterior petals are white, pink, red, and staminodes often - yellow, sometimes pink.

Often found in our gardens and the beauty is not inferior roses peony tree-like (P. suffruticosa) - shrub spherical shape up to 1.5 - 2 meters high, with erect shoots. Leaves are bright green, feathery. Flowers - single or double located at the ends of shoots. All shades of white peony, soft pink to red peony, dark raspberry found in different varieties of tree peonies.

Flowering tree peony comes at the end of spring - early summer and lasts about two weeks, after which the faded flowers are usually cut off because formation and maturation of seeds greatly depletes the plant, but cut the dried stems only recommended in the spring, otherwise the plant will not grow and bloom profusely. paeonia2

Peonies. CARE.

Growing peonies do not require much trouble, but without the care and attention not to grow beautiful, actively flowering plants.

We can not tolerate strong drying soil. Once a week, under every bush it is desirable to provide two buckets of water. It is particularly important to ensure adequate watering after flowering, because at this time is the accumulation of nutrients in the roots. To best contribute to this process, it is desirable to remove all the seed boxes, do not cut the stems after blooming peonies until their natural drying, not too late to do it and in the spring.

It is necessary to regularly remove weeds and loosen the earth to her were not formed crust. This is particularly important after a heavy rain. Spud should be neat, especially around the roots. The depth of subsoiling should not exceed 5-8 cm, not to damage the new shoots.

Weed makes mulching planting soil, sawdust, peat, etc. The mulch protects the roots from the sun, maintains freshness and keeps the moisture in the soil.

Nutrients inherent in the planting, for the normal development of the pions is enough for three seasons in the future need to fertilize the soil. Peonies consume large amounts of nitrogen and potassium. The first foliar nitrogen yield, when the shoots reach a height of 10 cm With the onset of Education buds hold a second feeding - nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The third feeding - nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, need to start flowering. The fourth fertilizer - potassium and phosphorus, yield after flowering. Healthy plants are well respond to fertilizing tincture of manure in the ratio 1: 10. Since fertilizers can not overdo it. Excess fertilizer gives plants greater harm than the lack of them.

In most varieties of Chinese peonies on a stalk formed a central and two lateral bud. Removal of lateral buds increases the size of the central flower.

In the first year after planting, do not expect flowers, and if they appear, they should be at the stage of bud removed, leaving the stem. According to the present beautiful flowers peonies give the age of 5 years.

When vase life of flowers is not desirable to cut off escape under the base, we must leave 2-3 leaves, otherwise next year will be weaker than the peonies bloom. Peonies are cut off in the morning or evening, it is desirable to do it in stages buds. To no longer cut flowers fade, the air should not fill the pores of plants and not to interfere with absorption of water. For this purpose the ends of stems (already in a vase) for a couple of inches trimmed under water.