Hortensia garden is a magnificent garden plant-perennial, which many gardeners prefer to grow on their site. But in order to give the bush a beautiful shape, timely pruning is needed. This procedure also helps to accelerate growth, better flowering of the plant, and also to rejuvenate already adult shrubs. It is clear that for a beginner pruning hydrangeas can be a problem. We will try to help. So, we will talk about the features of pruning and care for hydrangeas.
Pruning Hydrangeas in Spring
The main pruning hydrangeas should be carried out in the spring. Perform it should be when the sap flow has not started, and the buds on the branches have blossomed. As a rule, pruning branches and shoots on a bush is carried out in several stages:
- Sanitary pruning. First, it is important to remove the dead or damaged branches of the bush, thereby sanitizing. Cropped and weak branches that will not bloom, but part of the nutrients taken away.
- Rejuvenating pruning. Then rejuvenating pruning hydrangeas for shrubs over 3 years old to ensure a good flowering. In an adult plant, you need to remove old branches, cut off excess shoots to thin the bush.
- Forming pruning. Young hydrangeas should be used to form pruning, removing the shoots and shortening last year's shoots.
Pruning Hydrangeas in Autumn
As for pruning hydrangeas for the winter, many experienced gardeners generally do not recommend it. The fact is that on the branches and shoots there are wounds that do not have time to heal to the onset of cold weather. This makes the flower very vulnerable to frost and cold. So in the spring you can find your garden pet frostbitten and weakened. In autumn, only pruning inflorescences, that is, dried flowers, is possible. However, then do not forget to cover the plant, properly preparing it for the winter .