When, how much and why?

How do you prune a peasant rose?

The above-ground green of the perennial peonies passes by itself in winter. Since this doesn't necessarily look very decorative, you can cut your peasant rose in late autumn. This plant doesn't hold it against you and will still sprout and bloom profusely for the next year. However, this cut is not absolutely necessary.

Shrub peonies do not perish in winter, they just lose their foliage. Don't prune these plants until spring. Then you can see immediately where any frost damage has occurred and can eliminate it. Shrub peonies can also be used as well High trunk raising. The specialist literature will tell you how to do this. However, a standard tree requires more care and a very regular pruning.

- Cut back in case of illness

The gray mold of the farmer's rose is a little feared. It likes to appear in warm, humid weather and cause great damage to the plants. If you discover withered shoots, dried up buds or rotten stems, you should react quickly and cut off all infected parts of the plant. However, do not dispose of them on the compost, where the fungal spores can survive and later pass onto other plants.

Is the peony also suitable as a vase flower?

Not all varieties of Peony are equally suitable for the vase, most of them only last a few days. If you want country roses for the vase, then plant the common peony, too Peasant Peony called. This will last a little longer, provided you cut the lower end of the stem at an angle, put the vase in a not too warm place and shorten the stems every two days.

The essentials in brief:

• always use sharp and clean tools
• Cut off perennial peonies in late autumn
• Prune shrub peonies in spring
• The shrub peony can be trained to become a standard stem
• very decorative in the vase
• particularly suitable for the vase: the peasant peony