Bred over a hundred years ago by the Frenchbreeders Solange peony is an elegant, luxurious and surprisingly beautiful perennial, which today occupies pride of place in Russian gardens. The elegant refinement and heady aroma of the plant is valued by flower growers from many countries. The popularity of culture does not fall with time.
Solange Peony successfully competes with later spectacular varieties and hybrids. This magnificent plant will be discussed in this publication.
Peony Solange: Description
Compact bush reaching 0.85 m in height -one of the later varieties of peony. It blooms in June and July. World-famous culture brought large gustomahrovye buds (up to 18 cm in diameter) surprisingly delicate color, combining pink, salmon and cream tones. The form of the bud is also interesting: different-sized petals fill the flower so tightly that it acquires the contours of a loose tangle. Luxurious bloom is accompanied by a bright fresh scent that attracts insects. Thanks to dense, hard-dissected leaves resting on strong basal stems, Solange pion retains its decorative effect even at the end of flowering before the onset of these cold weather.
Peculiarities of growing
Like many peonies, Solange has a varietyimpressive endurance and unpretentiousness. It successfully overwinter, enduring all the hardships of harsh winters in temperate latitudes, without requiring shelter and doing without regular dressings, but plants receiving the necessary care bloom more abundantly. Solange peony is light-requiring, and the delenka, planted on a sunny site in a fertile loamy soil, will please the first bloom in the third year. Nutrition, located in the soil, the plant is enough for this period, you can fertilize the soil during the first budding. In October, the stalks of the plant are cut almost to the ground, leaving small stumps above the ground. For the winter, seedlings and young trees are covered with humus or compost.
How to care for peony
Solange breeds well by dividing the bush.The soil is pre-prepared, digging and contributing to 1 square. m bucket of humus and 50 grams of superphosphate. Delenki are planted in early autumn, ensuring that growth buds are not buried. An unpretentious but responsive pion needs any regular watering, soil loosening and weeding.
From the 3rd year of life the culture is fed twiceFor the season: Nitrogen fertilizers are added in spring, and potassium phosphate fertilizers are added at the end of flowering. Peony shoots before the onset of frost is not cut, because at the end of summer there is an intensive bookmark of flower buds.
The combination of ascetic unpretentiousness and excellent decorativeness made the culture beloved and respected by growers in many European countries.
