Slenderlobe Milkwort (Chinese senega-root)

Chinese senega-root (Slenderlobe Milkwort) - Paeonia tenuifolia.
Solitary, ornamental deciduous plants, good for cutting.
Flowering period: V-VI.
Flowering plant height: 50 cm.
Climatic zones of winter hardiness: Z5-9.
The leaves are pinnate.
1,0 g = 18-20 seeds.

One of the most expensive and very popular plants in Western Europe, the United States and Canada is the narrow-leaved or thin-leaved peony (Paeonia tenuifolia L.). In Estonia, this flower is known only to a few old flower growers. Novice amateurs, and sometimes experts, at best, have only heard about it. In the Red Book, the thin-leaved peony has the status of a rare species. Meanwhile, it was quite widespread in the 60s and 70s but soon disappeared from our gardens. The reason is considered to be the fashion for large-flowered varieties of lactiflora peony, as well as a drop in interest in natural-type gardens and wild flora.
The flowering of the thin-leaved peony is early, spring, simultaneously with late tulips, rather short, but unusually bright. A developed bush bears several dozen flowers with a delicate noble aroma. There is probably nothing more vivid and memorable among the spring flora. Saturated juicy red, tints and shades of petals that no photograph can convey, contrast with bright yellow anthers to create an unusually decorative effect.
It is even more enhanced in combination with interesting, unusual foliage, dissected into thin long lobes. Translated from English, its name sounds like a fern-leaved peony. This is a kind of flash, a flash in the spring garden, the last charge of the spring fireworks of colours. A compact, dense, hemispherical bush is beautiful even after flowering. Its height is 40–45 cm.

Slenderlobe Milkwort, Chinese senega-root.