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Peony henry boxstos: description, photo
Peony “Henry Bokstos” is a large and bright flower. Find out all the details and understand the basic growing conditions for your garden to play in a new light.
Description of the peony “Henry Bokstos”
The flowers of this variety are beautiful and majestic. They can be used in a variety of landscape designs, and they look best in the central parts of the composition.
The peony “Henry Boxtos” has bright red petals
The variety was bred in Canada. It belongs to the herbaceous class, it is considered universal. This is a variety of terry peonies. Here are the rest of the characteristics:
- flowering once, but abundant;
- flowering time – June;
- flowers are large, their diameter is 20 cm and more;
- the buds always look up, this variety does not have lateral flowers;
- the shape of the flowers is rosy, the petals with shaggy tips are collected tightly, a small depression is formed in the center;
- plant height 1 m;
- the color is dark red, saturated;
- the stems are thick and strong;
- leaves are light, with a slight yellowish tinge.
The peculiarity of the variety is its resistance to flower diseases and high frost resistance. Flowers are suitable for cutting into bouquets, as they do not fade for a long time in vases of water.
Growing peony “Henry Boxtos”
One of the advantages of this strain is that it grows well in any soil, but it is best suited for nutritious garden soil. Do not choose planting sites near buildings. In the spring, when the snow is actively melting, drops from the roof will destroy the flowers that make their way.
Plant a flower in the fall. Prepare the planting pit in advance. In about a month, add humus, ash and peat to it. If you fertilize the soil well, the peony will not need to be fed for the next 3 years. In the first year of life, cut off all the buds of the plant. This is necessary for it to grow stronger and grow a good root system. You can enjoy blooming next year.
If necessary, in the first year of life, build a support for the weak peony. This is especially important if the year turned out to be windy.
The rest of the care is simple. It consists in watering, removing weeds and loosening the earth. When your peonies grow, you can propagate them by dividing the roots. Peonies grown this way are usually very strong. Carry out the procedure in late August or early September.
The photo above shows a peony of the “Henry Boxtos” variety. This plant will decorate your garden with rich colors. Growing conditions for such a flower practically do not differ from the growing conditions for other peonies, so you can easily deal with them.