Sow the shiny black seeds
the Seeds sowing is not difficult. But waiting for germination takes patience. First of all, it is important that you use fresh seeds. They ripen around September and are found in the follicles of the peonies. When ripe, the follicles open and present their shiny black seeds.
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After the harvest, the seeds are best sown immediately:
- Fill the seed tray or pot with nutrient-poor, sandy soil
- Sow seeds about 1 cm deep
- moisturize
- put outside in the open z. B. in the garden or on the balcony
- need a longer cold spell
The seeds can take up to 2 years to germinate. Immediately after emergence, the seedlings must be pricked out. This is usually the case in March / April. Additionally disadvantageous to the sowing is that with shrub peonies, flowers on the sown plants can be expected for the first time after 7 years. For perennial peonies it takes 3 to 4 years.
Division of perennial peonies
In the division the perennialPeony it is not about rejuvenation, but only about reproduction. The division can take place towards the end of July / beginning of August. But the timing is also perfect in autumn and spring. It is important that only older plants are divided and that the division never takes place during flowering.
Step by step:
1. Carefully dig up the peony.
2. With a spade separate the roots.
3. Plant the roots separately from each other.
4. More suitable Location is sunny and sheltered from the wind.
5. Pouring on.
Multiply shrub / tree peonies using cuttings
Paeonia lutea, delavayi and rockii can do well by means of Offshoots respectively. Cuttings are propagated. It works like this:
- Choose half-ripe shoots that are lignified at the base
- detach from the end of August
- Shorten to a length of 10 to 15 cm
- remove lower leaves
- Insert the cutting 3 cm deep
- keep moist
- Rooting time: several months
Propagate shrub peonies through grafting!
The shrub peonies can also be refined. If you should choose to do this, here are some things you should know:
- Result: same characteristics as the mother plant
- first bloom after 2 to 3 years
- Graft the appropriate shoot onto the roots of a shrub peony
- plant in humus-rich, well-drained soil
- Planting depth: at least 10 cm
Tips
Often with the seeds, a cold stimulus from one winter is not enough, but a second winter is necessary. Because of this tediousness, sowing is not recommended.
