Love the peony for its lush, neat, brightly colored bushes and faint floral scent. However, the common problem with peonies is that they do not bloom. We'll do our best to fix this.
First of all, provide adequate nutrition for peonies. When planting, dig a large planting pit and fill it with nutrient soil or add organic fertilizer to the soil. For a while, this filling is enough to provide the plant with everything it needs. But feeding is still needed. In May, it is recommended to apply organic mineral liquid fertilizer potassium humate to peony gardeners, so that the flower buds develop better and the flowering period is longer. With the same fertilizer, you can foliar fertilize the leaves by formulating a thinner solution. It is also useful to apply urea to peonies through the leaves.
Be sure to keep the soil around the peony loose and moist. To avoid frequent loosening, cover plants 5 cm thick with peat or humus only when it is not raining. Regular watering is especially important at the end of May and in the first or second decade of June, when the bushes are actively growing and buds are forming. During this time, try not to let the soil dry out. Spraying peony plants with a bud solution (1 gram per 1 liter of water) in mid to late May will make the flowers more lush.
This is the basic care of peonies. If you follow these suggestions, then the peony will always please you. But the reason that happens not to bloom or to bloom weakly is something else. For example, frozen overwintering buds. This can happen if the peony is planted too tall (the buds are on the surface and exposed and slightly frozen). But don't overdo it. Conversely, if peonies are buried too deeply, they will stop flowering altogether because the buds will not be able to break through to the surface. If you find that the planting is not correct, be sure to replant the peony. It's best to do this in August. What is the planting depth? On light soils, the depth of the buds should be 5-7 cm, on heavy soils (clay or loam) - 3-5 cm.
Write in the comments, do you like peonies? How do you help peonies bloom?