Growing hydrangeas and care tips

Hortensia - a bush plant that grows in the penumbra or in a sunny place. It responds well to fertile and drainage land, abundant watering, protection against frost. Refers to the detachment, although it has a two-meter height. It has oblong, oval leaves with pointed tips, each side has its own color: bottom - light green, top - dark green. Inflorescences abundant, large - up to 35 cm in length, shaped like pyramids. The color is white-yellow, later a light red color appears. Very beautifully shows his flowers hydrangea garden. She collects them in inflorescences in the form of an umbrella with a maximum diameter of 35 cm. In the south of Ukraine and in the Caucasus it is very common to grow hydrangeas in the open ground.

Methods of reproduction

Cultivation hydrangeas produce in several ways. The most common are carried out in the spring by scattering seeds in unheated hotbeds or cooked boxes with shelter. The earth does not come from above. In order to avoid flushing the seeds during watering, a sprayer is used. Droplet shoots in the greenhouse on the prepared bed for the next year.

Lines

Cultivation of hydrangeas by this method implies the use of young and strong shoots. The branch is bent to the ground, the top for the load is pressed with pebbles or earth. The top of the escape is tied to the cola. Next year, the rooted branch is cut off from the main bush.

Cuttings

Cuttings are used to grow hydrangeas as a houseplant. Root cuttings with two pairs of leaves root in a mixture of peat and sand. But before that they are treated with a stimulant to form roots. Rooting takes a couple of weeks, the first inflorescences appear in the second year. In order to bloom in the first year of the garden hydrangea, the cultivation is carried out according to a specially developed breeding technology.

Transplanting a houseplant

After the rooting of the cuttings, the cultivation of hydrangea passes to the next stage. The seedlings are transplanted into small pots. For soil use peat, sand, leaf land in equal proportions. As the bushes grow up, a second transplant is performed in a large container. You can add dolomite flour to the ground - this is a wonderful extra dressing.

Care

The most important thing for this bush is abundant and timely watering, as well as the landing site. Many varieties of hydrangeas adore dark places, almost cease to grow in sunny places, flowers become shallow. This bush does not tolerate rammed earth, so it is necessary to loosen the soil around it - at least three times a season. But the cultivation of hydrangeas does not do without the use of fertilizing. Slurry as a top dressing is combined with watering. A timely application of fertilizers will contribute to the overall development of the bush. In spring, when the kidneys are at rest, the frozen and weak branches are trimmed. One-legged shoots are cut into three, four kidneys. Such pruning will strengthen the frost resistance of the bush and its splendor during flowering. Old roots are removed under the very foundation.