Care of garden hydrangea

Garden hydrangea is one of the most common flowering garden shrubs. The secret of its popularity is simple - a long flowering period, a huge variety of varieties, ease of care.

In this article, we will talk about the specifics of care for garden hydrangeas.

Planting and care of garden hydrangea

Classification of existing hydrangea species in nature is very wide, however, for gardeners the following species are of greatest practical value and prospects of cultivation: tree-like, large-leaved (macrophilic), paniculate. Less common in the gardens are Hydrangea Bretschneider (winding), serrate and ashy.

If you decide to decorate your garden with a lush hydrangea bush, the first thing you need to do is to choose the right place for it.

Hydrangeas do not like too bright sun and the drying of the soil. It is good, if the bush will be illuminated only in the first half of the day and in the evening, remaining shaded at noon. If the soil in your area is prone to drying out, take care of watering for the bush.

Hortensia bushes from nurseries or garden centers, sold in pots or containers, are not adapted for self-feeding from the soil. Such plants are accustomed to drip irrigation and constant top dressing with ready-made nutrient mixtures. Therefore, during their landing in the open ground it is very important to observe the following rules:

1. The landing pit should be done "with a margin" by selecting a dense soil and replacing it along the edges with a mixture of garden soil and a substrate similar to the one in which the hydrangea used to grow. This will help the plant to quickly form additional roots and get used to the new soil.
2. Shake the bush off the old substrate, wash the roots before planting is not necessary - this will only prolong the period of adaptation.
3. Regularly feed hydrangeas (at least once every two weeks) for the first 2-3 months after transplantation.
4. Regularly water the young bush so that the roots do not dry out (once a week). In the landing pit under the hydrangea
5. If the roots are healthy, there are no signs of rot or mold, you do not need to cut them. The root system of plants grown on drip irrigation with intensive top dressing, and without that it works poorly. Do not deprive the bush of the power source, it is better to trim too thick branches.
6. Provide the plant with sufficient area. The amount of available land should not be less than the volume of the land part of the bush. This is especially important when growing hydrangeas in pots. If you want to grow a huge bush in a small kadushke, be prepared to often water and intensively feed the plant.

Be prepared for the fact that even a properly planted hydrangea of ​​high quality for the first couple of months will hurt and look unhealthy. Do not worry, after adaptation it will again become lush and beautiful.

Unlike most flowers, hydrangea garden in the care is very simple - regularly feed it, periodically water, thin out too thick branches. Of course, one should also make sure that pests do not appear: slugs, spider mites, aphids. From time to time it is desirable to do preventive treatment with fungicides - to prevent the development of powdery mildew or other fungal diseases.

Reproduction of garden hydrangea

Hortensia garden is simple not only in grooming, but also in reproduction. The easiest way - green layers. For this, young shoots are selected and shall not be buried deep into the ground. To strengthen the root formation, you can first make incisions on the bark of the branch and process them with a stimulant (heteroauxin, humate).

You can also multiply the bush by dividing the bush. To do this, in the spring the hydrangea is excavated and divided into several parts so that on each of them there are buds of renewal. Sections should be decontaminated and sprinkled with activated carbon powder. After that each part is transplanted, as an independent bush

Care of hydrangea garden for the winter

To the bush pleased with abundant flowering annually, it is important to properly prepare the plant for wintering. Since the middle of summer, it is necessary to stop adding nitrogen fertilizers to the soil, but do not stop making potassium-phosphorus fertilizers.

In autumn it is necessary to conduct a series of water-charging irrigation - the bush is better to winter, if in the fall it will receive a sufficient amount of moisture. With the onset of nocturnal frosts, the bush should be treated with a fungicide and covered. You can also bite the bush from all sides. It is important that the shelter is protected from moisture, but at the same time to be ventilated, so that the branches of the plant do not begin to rot during the thaw. It is best to bend the bush to the ground and pin the branches with wire, and make a kind of arc greenhouse above the bush. Cover this teplichku can lutrasilom, spunbond or perforated film. On top, the structure is covered with lapnik, branches or dry leaves. For the most delicate varieties on top you can put a wooden box.

As you can see, hydrangea garden is undemanding in the care and cultivation of this beautiful plant does not take much time and effort. You will need to make very little effort, so that the grateful plant regularly pleased you with a lush and long flowering.