Plant in the fall, until the soil is frozen. Plant in full sun, in a well drained soil and if possible, where it will get a good snow cover for a natural winter protection. Do not plant your peony at the same location where another peony was planted before. Mix bone meal and/or well rotted manure with the plantation soil. Never use fresh manure. The eyes and the crown must never enter in direct contact with these products. Applied them far from the crown. Mulch your peony the first winter after its plantation. Remove this mulch in the spring, as soon as the first shoots start to emerge.

Herbaceous/speciesDig a hole large enough and place your peony so that the highest eyes on the crown are placed to a maximun of 5cm (2 inches) under the surface of soil and all the roots should pointed toward the outside and downwards. Cover completely the plant.

Intersectionals (Itohs)Place your division in the plantation's hole so that the first eye above the crown is at soil level. Be sure that all visible eyes on the crown are inside 5 to 10 cm under the soil's surface and with the roots always downwards. Cover completely the plant.

Protection against fungal diseasesFollow this preventive program, at least the first year after plantation. Apply a fungicide on the plant and the soil around as soon as the young shoots emerge in the spring, Repeat this application two other times at a 15 days interval. In August, after blooming, if the temperature is hot and humid, it can be necessary to make another application.

INSTRUCTIONS OF PLANTATION