What is peony?

1. Introduction to peony 1. Peony is a perennial herbaceous plant with a plant height of 40 to 70 cm. The branches are thick and dark brown in color and there is no hair on the surface.

The shape of the leaves is narrow ovate, elliptical, or lanceolate, with white serrated edges, a sharp top, and a wedge-shaped bottom. The length of the petiole is 1 to 2 cm.

2. The inflorescence is head-shaped, mainly growing on the tops of branches and leaf axils, with a diameter of 8 to 11.5 cm. The shape of the petals is lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, with a length of 3.5 to 6 cm and a width of 1.5 cm.

~4.5 cm, the shape of the sepals is wide oval and nearly round, the flowers are white or red, and the flowering period is from May to June.

2. Methods of cultivating peony 1. When cultivating peony, the temperature should be controlled between 20 and 28 degrees Celsius, the air humidity should be maintained at about 70 to 80%, and the lighting time should be 5 to 6 hours a day.

The soil for cultivation can be a mixture of sand, perlite, and humus, and the planting depth should be about 35 to 40 centimeters.

2. For peony, thin farmyard manure can be applied once from March to April, ammonium sulfate solution can be applied from May to August, nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer and urea can be applied once from October to November, and then applied with nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer and urea in December.

By March of the next year, superphosphate and decomposed and fermented cake fertilizer can be applied.