Pruning and removing buds of tree peony and matters needing attention

Peony (Latin name: Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.) Ranunculaceae, peony plants, for perennial deciduous shrubs. Flower color gorgeous, jade smile bead fragrance, elegant, magnificent, known as "the king of flowers" reputation. Among the cultivated types, there are hundreds of varieties, mainly according to the color of the flowers." Peony variety, color is also many, yellow, green, red meat, crimson, silver red for the top grade, especially yellow, green for your. Peony flowers are large and fragrant, so they are also known as "national beauty and heavenly fragrance". Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty had a poem saying: "The peony demon in front of the court has no grid, and the lotus on the pond is less pure." Only peony true national color, flower season move capital." At the end of Qing Dynasty, peony was regarded as the national flower of China. May 1985 Peony was rated as one of the top ten flowers in China. It is a rare woody flower unique to China, with thousands of years of natural growth and more than 1500 years of artificial cultivation history. It is widely cultivated in China and has long been introduced all over the world. Peony flowers are acclaimed as the king of flowers, and there are many cultural and painting works.

Peony, like other flowers, must be pruned to maintain the beauty of the plant and maintain the balance of growth between the aboveground and underground parts.

1 pruning: peony is a cluster shrub, for ornamental planting peony, each plant leaves 5-8 branches, remove the thin and long branches. The remaining branches should be evenly distributed and moderately tall and short. If the branches are not timely, they should also be removed, and the soil buds (tiller buds) at the root neck should be selected and cultured into branches. Plants for propagation, can completely retain all its soil buds and branches, the more dense the better, in order to culture branches.

2 except bud: except bud can keep branches symmetrical, flowering luxuriant, neat and consistent, control the number of flowers and the strength of root growth. A book on the examination of plant names and facts records:"Those who plant peony must pick its tender shoots, then the essence gathers in the old stem, so there is a saying of peony head and peony pedicure." "The flower bud of peony grows in the terminal bud or the first lateral bud below the terminal bud. Therefore, peony in addition to buds is mainly to retain the terminal buds, remove soil buds and selected out of the useless buds on the branches. In order to maintain the plant shape, but also remove the terminal buds of too high branches, leaving their lateral buds to flower; terminal bud development is not perfect, should leave better development of lateral buds.

In addition to bud time, generally between the spring equinox and Qingming every year, too early, soil buds have not yet unearthed, in the soil, the root nutrients can also play a role in conducting; too late, peony redundant branches grow vigorously, consume nutrients, inhibit the normal growth of branches. Peony after the first year of cultivation without bud removal work, leaving all branches and buds, let it grow naturally. In the spring of the second year, when the soil buds are elongated by 5-6cm, the buds are removed, 5-8 strong or evenly distributed branches or soil buds are selected, and the rest buds are completely removed by knife or hand.

Peony grafting within two years, it is best not to allow its flowering, spring found buds removed as soon as possible. This is especially true for peony roots harvested for medicinal purposes. Because a flower, to consume a lot of nutrients, affecting the root growth of plants, some plants are showing old state.