Peony blooming season is in full swing at the Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

The peony blooming season is in full swing in the Botanical Garden of Minsk. There are more than 300 varieties in the Belarusian collection. One of the most valuable is "Festiva Maxima", which was bred almost 150 years ago. It still wins prizes at international exhibitions. In the Botanical Garden you can see the varieties of this plant of both domestic and foreign breeders. During a tour of the garden you can learn a lot of interesting things about peonies from the curator of the collection.