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Peonies can last a long time as cut flowers in a vase - three crucial care tips

2023-06-04T10:14:21.843Z

Highlights: The peony is considered one of the noblest cut flowers in the vase. To ensure that the peonies are well supplied with water up to the flowers, you should cut the stems at an angle about three to five centimeters long. If you only have a transparent glass at hand, it should be as dark in color as possible. Only fruit should not be too close, as it emits more or less ripening gases, depending on the variety, which also have an effect on the flowers.



Lush flowering peonies are not only an eye-catcher in the garden. In the vase, however, they only show their flowers briefly if they are properly cared for – if they open the buds at all.

The peony is considered one of the noblest cut flowers in the vase. If you treat yourself to a bouquet of the valuable plants in the flower shop or cut them from the bush in the garden, you naturally want to enjoy them for as long as possible. With a few tips, you can increase the shelf life of peonies.

Clearing the first hurdle: the buds of the peonies are withering away

If you have a choice, you should take an opaque vase for peonies if possible. © Westend61/Imago

You have a magnificent bouquet of peonies in your vase, but they just don't want to open their buds? Then take a closer look at the buds: If they are still green and quite tightly closed, not much will happen. Because in order for the flowers to unfold, at least a small part of the colored petals should be visible themselves and the bud should be a little softer.

You should take these three points to heart if you want the peonies in the vase to bloom for a long time:

  • The correct pruning technique: To ensure that the peonies are well supplied with water up to the flowers, you should cut the stems at an angle about three to five centimeters long before they go into the vase.
  • The right vase: If you only have a transparent glass at hand, it should be as dark in color as possible. In case of doubt, however, a vase made of clay or porcelain, for example, is more suitable, as the stems are sensitive to light and wilt more quickly. Also, be careful not to squeeze the stems in the vase, so the jar should be large enough. The cleanliness of the vase is also a must, otherwise bacteria will form more quickly.
  • The location: No matter how beautifully the sunlight plays around the open flowers, both sun and draughts shorten the life of the peony bush. However, they do like it bright, so the living room is usually well suited. Only fruit should not be too close, as it emits more or less ripening gases, depending on the variety, which also have an effect on the flowers.
  • You can find even more exciting gardening topics in the regular newsletter of our partner 24garten.de.

    The leaves of the peonies are out of place in the vase

    The leaves of the peony are also attractive, but you should not overdo it in the vase: remove the lower leaves so that none are in the water and the stems are still three-quarters in the water.

    Source: merkur

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