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There are many beautiful garden flowers. Peony Alexander Fleming (Alexander Fleming) is distinguished not only by extraordinary colors, but also by a large double bomb-shaped flower. The plant will become a real decoration of any site.
Peonies can be planted alone or create flower arrangements by combining them with other garden plants.
Description of the peony Alexander Fleming
The flower was named after a scientist from Britain, who at one time gave the world an amazing substance that saved more than one life – penicillin.
The main stem of a varietal peony is about 80 cm high. It is powerful, thick, able to withstand green and flower mass. It has a large number of shoots with dark green foliage, which is no less decorative than the pink or pink-purple flowers of Alex Fleming’s peony. Trifoliate leaf blades have sharp ends.
Herbaceous peony with the sonorous name Alexander Fleming refers to herbaceous perennials. Moreover, it perfectly adapts to different climatic conditions, so the flower can be grown in almost all regions of Our Country. You just have to properly prepare the bushes for wintering.
Peony Alexander Fleming is a fairly spreading plant, this should be considered when planting. For comfortable development, one bush will need at least 1 sq. m.
Peonies should be planted in sunny, draft-protected areas.
Features of flowering
Herbaceous peony Alexander Fleming belongs to large-flowered plants with double rose-shaped buds. Flowering begins in late May or early June (depending on the region of cultivation), lasts a little more than two weeks.
Peony Alexander Fleming is a representative of milk-flowered herbaceous plants. Against the background of other flowers, it stands out with large fluffy inflorescences. There are so many pink-lilac petals that the core is invisible. Bud diameter – from 18 to 20 cm.
The edges of the petals are well-defined corrugation, they are slightly lighter than the rest of the surface of the inflorescence.
To get a lush flowering bush, you need:
- choose the right place for landing;
- take into account the distance between the peony and other plants;
- avoid mistakes when caring for plantings.
After cutting, Alexander Fleming’s peony flowers with a sweetish aroma, fruity or citrus notes stand for a long time without crumbling. This quality also appealed to amateur flower growers.
Application in design
Dr. Alexander Fleming’s peonies are peaceful plants that can get along side by side with many garden flowers. But choosing the right background so that pink or pink-purple buds do not get lost is not so easy.
Which neighbors to choose for the Alexander Fleming variety:
- Large peonies need proper accompaniment. It is best to plant tall and spreading bushes in the background of flower beds, for example, with lilies. The main thing is to choose the right varieties so that they have smaller leaves and buds.
- Peonies Alexander Fleming can be planted with flowers that have small white buds. They will look advantageous against the background of large flowers.
- Excellent partners are irises, phloxes, delphinium, milkweed, stonecrop, phytolacca, foxglove. A squat cuff, primrose, aster and geyhera looks good next to the variety.
- Many flower growers grow peonies with pink bomb-shaped buds in combination with various geraniums. Compositae or fragrant varieties look especially majestic against the background. It is only necessary to cut the faded geranium buds in a timely manner, otherwise the harmony and decorativeness of the flower garden will be violated.
Since the peonies are sprawling, you should not plant the same neighbors, they will interfere with each other
The culture of the Alexander Fleming variety can be grown on balconies, loggias in flowerpots. It is only necessary to create the necessary conditions, to observe the agrotechnics of cultivation.
Methods of reproduction
Like other peonies, the Alexander Fleming species can be propagated in many ways:
- cuttings;
Planting material is cut from healthy bushes, on a handle about 15 cm long there should be at least two buds
- seeds – the method is not quite suitable for amateurs, since reproduction is not only long, but also difficult;
The seed option does not always guarantee the presence of varietal properties of the crop.
- division of the bush.
One of the most acceptable breeding methods, only take plantings over five years old as mothers
Rules of landing
In order for peonies Alexander Fleming to develop and delight flower growers on the site during the vegetative period, you need to know not only the rules of planting, but also the time. Also, choose the best location.
Planting site, soil
If you decide on the right site immediately before planting, then further cultivation will not cause much trouble:
- For peony Alexander Fleming, you need to select a well-lit place. It is undesirable to plant bushes next to buildings, as they create a shadow.
- The soil should not be swampy, with stagnant water. Excessive moisture leads to rotting of the root system.
- Before planting, sand, peat, humus are added to clay soil.
- If the first component predominates, then clay and peat should be added to the soil mixture.
- Peonies do not tolerate acidic soils. To neutralize, you can pour wood ash into the root zone.
As for the planting time, it is better to plan it for autumn: at the end of August or early September. This will allow the plant to start developing in early spring.
Preparation of planting material
In order for the peony Alexander Fleming to successfully take root and grow normally, you need to prepare planting material:
- For seedlings, trim those roots that show signs of rot or damage.
- For 10 minutes, put in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
- Disinfect for 20 minutes in a solution of copper sulphate (add 10 g of the drug to 100 liters of water).
- Pour charcoal on the cuts so that they not only dry faster, but also for disinfection.
The more growth buds on the seedlings, the more powerful the bushes will be.
There is another way to prepare peonies Alexander Fleming for planting. For rooting to be successful, you need to place the rhizome in a clay mash. It consists of:
- 50 g of copper sulfate;
- 2 tablets of heteroauxin;
- 300 g wood ash;
- clay.
All components are mixed in 10 liters of water to the state of slurry and the roots of peonies Alexander Fleming are lowered for a third of an hour. Then they are dried in the open air, and you can plant.
Landing algorithm
Properly planted herbaceous peony Alexander Fleming will quickly take root and begin to develop. In one place, it will grow for several years. The pit is prepared in advance so that the soil has time to settle.
Landing rules:
- First you need to dig a hole measuring 60x60x60.
- Fill the bottom with drainage from coarse sand, crushed stone or broken brick, layer – from 20 to 25 cm.
- Mix compost, humus, a little lime, 200 g of superphosphate, 150 g of potassium sulfate and wood ash.
- Fill the nutrient mixture with a layer of 20 cm, on top – with earth with compost.
- Place the peony seedling Alexander Fleming in the center, spread the roots, sprinkle with soil. The flower bud should be deepened by 3-5 cm.
In order not to make a mistake with the planting depth, you can put a stick on the pit as a guide
- Tamp the soil, and fill it well with water.
There is another way to land – in the mud
Pour 2/3 of the earth into the hole, pour plenty of water. Then, without waiting for its absorption, place the peony in a liquid mass and add soil.
Aftercare
Further planting care, including the view of Alexander Fleming, consists in traditional events. Even a beginner gardener will cope.
Watering
Water the bushes of the Alexander Fleming variety should be moderate, no more than once every seven days. An adult plant needs two buckets of water. When budding begins, additional irrigation will be required so that the soil does not dry out.
The root system reacts negatively to excess water, it can rot
Mulching and loosening the soil around the bush is also necessary to retain moisture and prevent weed growth.
Additional fertilizing
You need to feed the peony of doc Alexander Fleming three times:
- early in the spring the snow has not yet melted;
- during the formation of buds;
- after the end of flowering.
Organic and mineral fertilizers are suitable for top dressing.
Trimming
Most often, peonies Alexander Fleming require sanitary pruning when it is necessary to remove damaged or diseased shoots and leaves. During the vegetative period, faded buds are removed so that the culture does not lose its decorative effect.
Preparation for winter
After flowering ends in early September, the bushes are fed. The ground part is cut off, leaving low stumps of about 2-3 cm when the first frosts begin. During this time, the plant will have time to give nutrients to the rhizome.
The root zone is mulched to create a protective cushion against frost. Even in regions with a sharply continental climate, such a shelter for adult bushes will be enough. Young plants can be covered with non-woven material or spruce branches.
Pests and diseases
Like any garden plant, Alexander Fleming peonies can get sick and be attacked by pests.
Diseases | vermin |
Gray mold | aphid |
Rust | Bronze shoes |
Mučnistaâ rosa |
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Leaf mosaic |
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To fight using special drugs or folk remedies.
Conclusion
Peony Alexander Fleming is a great option for decorating garden plots of any size. That is why a variety with pink or pink-purple buds is valued by landscape designers.
