Is it possible to grow peonies in Jingdezhen’s climate?

Peonies can be grown in Jingdezhen, but they need to meet specific conditions for their growth.

The main ones are:

Sex likes a warm, cool, dry and sunny environment. It likes sunshine, but also tolerates semi-shade, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, weak alkali tolerance, avoids water accumulation, is afraid of heat, and is afraid of direct sunlight. It is suitable for growing in neutral sandy loam soil that is loose, deep, fertile, high and dry, and well drained. Does not grow well in acidic or heavy clay soils.

Sufficient sunlight is beneficial to its growth, but it cannot tolerate exposure to the hot sun in summer. If the temperature is above 25°C, the plant will become dormant. The optimum temperature for flowering is 17-20℃, but it must be treated at a low temperature of 1-10℃ for 2-3 months before flowering. It can withstand temperatures as low as -30°C, but in the cold northern regions, appropriate cold protection measures must be taken in winter to avoid freezing damage. The hot and humid weather in the south is extremely detrimental to the growth of peonies.

Therefore, peonies cultivated in the South need to be given specific environmental conditions in order to enjoy the beautiful peonies

Geographical distribution:

China is particularly rich in peony resources. According to the survey of the special team of the China Peony National Flower Competition Office, China's Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu Peonies are grown in China, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. They are generally divided into wild species, semi-wild species and horticultural cultivated species.

Heze, Luoyang, Pengzhou, Beijing, Linxia, ??Tongling County, etc. have the largest and most concentrated peony cultivation areas. Zhongyuan flower farmers went to Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shenzhen, and Hainan in winter to promote peony flowering, which encouraged peonies to settle in the above areas, and peonies were planted all over China's provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions.

Cultivation techniques

Cultivation: The soil is required to be loose, fertile, neutral and slightly alkaline. Cut off the broken and diseased roots of the planted peony seedlings, dip them in insecticides and fungicides, and put them into the pot or pit prepared in advance. The roots should be stretched, fill the pot or pit with soil to the middle, gently lift the seedlings and shake them, and seal the soil firmly. The depth should be slightly lower than the pot surface or the ground level at the rhizome.

Watering: Water thoroughly after planting. Peonies should avoid water accumulation and water as appropriate during the growing season. In arid areas in the north, water before flowers, water after flowers, and frozen water are generally used. In order to facilitate the management of the pot, the remaining flowers can be cut off after the flowers bloom and buried in the ground in the pot.

Fertilization: One year after planting, fertilization can be done in autumn, mainly with decomposed organic fertilizers. It can be combined with soil loosening, broadcast application and hole application.

Pruning: In the year of planting, keep multiple rows flat. After germination in spring, leave about 5 branches and wipe out the rest to concentrate nutrients so that the flowers will be large and colorful in the second year.

Cultivating: Cultivating should be carried out in time during the growing season, weeds should be pulled out, and the occurrence of diseases and insects should be paid attention to. In autumn and winter, plow the areas with peonies that are more than two years old.

Changing pots: After the peonies have grown in pots for three or four years, they need to be replaced in autumn with new fertilized soil in large pots or divided into new plants.

Spray: Spray lime sulfur mixture before germination in early spring, use insecticide and fungicide mixture in summer, once every 2 weeks depending on the condition. In combination with fertilization, chemical fertilizers and growth regulators should be added.

Helping flowers: In order to increase festival or celebration activities, peonies can be heated about 50 days in advance depending on the variety. The temperature should be controlled at normal temperature 10--25c, with an average daily temperature of about 15c.

Ornamental: The natural flowering period of a single peony is about 10-15 days, which shortens as the temperature rises, and can last for more than a month at 3-8c. For field planting, temporary sheds can be built to protect from wind and light to extend the viewing time; when potting, the pots should be moved to a place where direct sunlight is not available, with a temperature of 5-10 degrees Celsius, in a ventilated and light-transmitting environment, and water should be watered in a timely manner depending on the appearance and the moisture content of the pot soil. , do not pour water on the flowers, so that the flowering period will be the longest.