Changeable beauty. Hydrangea

Not all species and varieties are suitable for Russian gardens. Plants are classified as deciduous and evergreen. The latter grow only in regions with a warm climate.

Deciduous species are distinguished by large oval leaves with a pointed tip. The edges of the foliage are flat or jagged, depending on the type of plant.

Inflorescences are divided into types:

with small petals of both sexes, forming seeds;
with 4-5 large petals being sterile.

Hydrangea care includes regularly moistening the soil, fertilizing and pruning shoots. Better to plant young plants in early springso that they have time to take root and better survive the first wintering. Cuttings planted in the fall may die.

The shape of the inflorescences differs depending on the type of flower: in the form of a pyramid, ball, hemisphere or flat. Fertile inflorescences are located in the center, and sterile flowers are located at the edges. There are varieties in which all inflorescences form seeds, or vice versa, are sterile.

Hydrangea paniculata

Panicle hydrangea came to us from the Far East. It is a shrub, about 150 cm high. This species grows well in regions of central Russia, and is often used for landscaping and decorating garden plots.

Hydrangea flowers reach sizes up to 30 cm in diameter. The bisexual petals are small, after pollination they quickly fall off. Fruitless petals grow up to 3 cm, bloom for a long time, gradually change color from light beige to greenish-pink with a reddish tint.

For full growth, the soil must be clayey, acidic. Alkaline environment leads to the occurrence of diseases.

The plant loves moisture, the earth is moistened within a radius of 1.5 m from the trunk. Regular fertilizing with mineral and is required.

The panicle hydrangea is planted in areas with good sunlight, protected from the winds.

In late February or early March, the branches of the bush are pruned. In order for the shoots to grow faster, their tips are cut off. In order for the plant to bloom magnificently, you need to cut the shoots as short as possible.

Do not prune when buds and leaves appear. Pruning during the period of juice movement weakens the hydrangea, the plant is sick and does not bloom in the current year.

Reproduction of panicle hydrangea

This plant does not lend itself well to reproduction, in order to achieve a positive result, growth stimulants are used.

Hydrangea paniculata propagates:

Layers. A deepening is made, the branch is bent to the ground. Throw in a thick layer of soil so that the top remains on the surface. She is tied to a vertical support. After a year, a root system is formed and the seedling can be transplanted. This operation is carried out in spring or early autumn.
By cuttings. After pruning, branches are selected that have from 3 to 5 nodes. They put them for several days in water solution weak potassium permanganate. Before planting in the ground, the lower sections are treated with a growth stimulator. Shoots are planted in pre-prepared soil, deepening by 2/3 of the length. Cuttings from green shoots can be cut and planted in pots. Containers are covered plastic wrap to create a greenhouse effect.

The soil for planting cuttings is prepared from a mixture of 2 parts of peat and 1 part of sand. Peat is poured at the bottom of the container, and sand is poured onto it. The stalk is inserted so that it does not reach the bottom layer.

Pots with planted shoots are placed in the basement, the soil is regularly moistened. In the spring, young shoots appear on the cuttings, after which they are planted on permanent place growth.

The first three years require more serious care of the hydrangea. Young plants are sheltered on winter period... They are gradually hardened, becoming resistant to subzero temperatures.

If the hydrangea is frozen, it departs well enough and releases new shoots in the spring.

Hydrangea

The birthplace of the tree hydrangea is North America. The plant is a shrub, reaching a height of 1 to 3 m. It is distinguished by large inflorescences in the form of a ball or a triangular panicle. The color is most often white, but it can be cream, pink, blue, depending on the variety and degree of acidity of the soil.

Hydrangea tree has many varieties. Their types, characteristics and photographs are presented in the table:

Variety	Specifications	Photo
Anabel	It tolerates frosty winters well. It grows up to 1.5 m high, has creamy white inflorescences and pointed leaves. The flowering period is from late July to September.
Sterilis	Loves moisture, but water should not stagnate in the ground. Requires a drainage device and regular watering.
Terry	Differs in greenish-white flowers, reminiscent of furry fluffy balls.
Pink pinkushen	Inflorescences are reddish in shape, reminiscent of a pyramid.
Bounty	The lush inflorescence consists of many small white flowers.
Hyers Starburst	Has large white inflorescences. The flowering period lasts until the first frost. It tolerates severe winters well.
Incredibol	Throughout the entire flowering period, it changes color from greenish to snow-white.
Grandiflora	Loves humidity, does not tolerate the scorching sun. It is better to plant this variety in partial shade. Hydrangea flowers are triangular in shape.
Strong Anabel	It has very lush spherical inflorescences.
Pink Anabel or Invincibel	Lush pink inflorescences resemble the color of lilacs.

As you can see in the photo, hydrangea varieties differ in shade, shape and size of inflorescences.

Growing tree hydrangea

Treelike hydrangea grows well in shady areas with loamy acidic soil. For group planting of garden hydrangea, the space is marked out so that around each bush there is 2 m of free area.

The plant reproduces:

By dividing the bush. You need to be careful not to damage the entire bush. Moisten the soil. 15 cm from the stems, dig in the ground with a pitchfork. The shrub is tilted without removing it from the planting hole. Part of the shoots is cut off along with the root using a sharp knife or a sharpened shovel.
By cuttings. The cut cutting is placed in water with a weak solution of potassium permanganate for several days. Then they are planted in soil well fertilized with humus and watered abundantly.

When planting hydrangeas in the ground, the lower 2 leaves are cut off, and the upper shoots are cut off by 2/3. This will prevent excessive evaporation of moisture and the plant will quickly take over.

For faster adaptation, a small greenhouse is built from metal or wooden rods, on which a dense plastic wrap is pulled.

Pruning of garden hydrangea is performed in autumn and spring, all cut sites are treated with a manganese solution, and covered with wax on top.

The hydrangea is planted in a permanent place of growth in the third year.

Nitrogen fertilizers are used with caution, with their high content in the soil, the stem is weakened, the plant's resistance to subzero temperatures decreases, and leads to diseases of the shrub.

Petiolate hydrangea

An interesting variety of shrubs is the petiolate hydrangea. It differs in that it does not have a trunk, belongs to the varieties of liana. It is popular for landscape design.

There are many varieties that differ in leaf shape, color and height. Planting and caring for petiolate hydrangea in the Moscow region is carried out according to the general rules. The plant loves moist acidified soil, does not tolerate sunlight, so it is better to plant it in partial shade.

The most popular varieties of hydrangea, their photos and characteristics are presented in the table:

Variety	Specifications	Photo
Petiolaris	The tallest hydrangea with glossy green leaves. Can travel up to 25 m in height. In the absence of support, it spreads along the ground, and upon reaching an elevation creates a semblance of a bush. Inflorescences with a diameter of 20 cm, light cream, corymbose. Looks beautiful as a hedge.
Cordifolia	A dwarf variety, shoots are capable of reaching a height of 1.5 m. It grows by 10 cm per year. Inflorescences of a white shade have the shape of a panicle. In the center there are smaller flowers, and larger ones at the edges. The color has a pronounced honey aroma.
Climbing vine	Reaches a height of 3 m. White inflorescences are in the shape of umbrellas. Flowering begins in early June. It is used for landscaping gazebos, low walls, balconies.
Miranda	Reaches a height of 10 m. Differs in wide leaves, with pointed tips decorated with a yellowish or cream edging. There are pale white streaks in the center of the leaves. White flowers have a sweet scent.

Liana can creep along the ground or envelop vertical surfaces. It is used to decorate arches, fences, facades of country houses.

The landing site is chosen very carefully; after a few years, it will be very difficult to tear off the shoots from the support along which they creep.

The optimal soil for petiole hydrangea consists of mixed in equal proportions:

peat;
sand;
turf land.

Like the varieties described above, petiole hydrangea propagates by cuttings and branches.

To prevent the plant from freezing and getting sick, it is covered for the winter. Well-rooted plants tolerate cold quite well, but can freeze on the windy side. In this case, the flowering will not be as lush. To remedy the situation, damaged shoots are pruned in late winter or early spring.

The root system of the plant is not able to feed on its own, therefore, it is required to fertilize the soil with mineral and organic compounds 4 times a year. To acidify the soil, a mulching layer is poured from rotted leaves, tree bark, needles, sawdust.

Influence of soil composition on the color of hydrangea

The shade of the inflorescences depends on the acidity level of the soil. Pink color prevails in plants growing on soil with low acidity, the higher the PH, the more blue is present in the inflorescences.

If you add alum or iron salts to the soil 2 times a month, the inflorescences will change their shade to bluish or blue.

To achieve a change in hydrangea color, you need to increase the PH value to 6.5. At acidity, less than PH 6, a lack of iron is formed in the soil.

Hydrangea is grown to decorate houses and parks. This plant is indispensable for landscape design. Ornamental shrub exudes a wonderful honey aroma and pleases those around it with lush large flowers. Hydrangea care is not difficult to grow beautiful bush even a novice gardener can do it.

About popular types of hydrangea - video

Love for hydrangeas was planted in my soul by my mother. I remember how on garden plot in three hundred square meters, she won a place for her flowers from her father, who loved to grow black currants and "Bull's Heart" tomatoes ...

Among all the mother's unusual flowers for that time - climbing, from the Baltic states, decorative wormwood, varietal and - hydrangea reigned in our garden. with large white caps of flowers, which my mother loved anxiously. She kept trying to give the inflorescences of this hydrangea a blue color, burying rusty nails near the roots of the bush.
At that time, many flower growers, in the absence of the necessary information about growing plants, were such touching romantics! Although even now someone does not know that the white flowers of the tree hydrangea cannot be made blue.

The parents' garden plot was on the shores of the Volga Bay, which was often flooded in the spring. Once a strong spill, one meter high, flooded our garden. The worries of my parents knew no bounds! And then my wife and I went to the dacha - to save at least some of my mother's plants.
The water was so cold that my wife remained at the edge of the spill, and I wandered about seventy meters along the flooded garden alley. Then for two hours he dived into the water, dug up my mother's hydrangea. It's amazing that after these forced “bathing” I didn't even get sick.
I planted the rescued hydrangea on my plot next to the house, which by that time we bought in the city center, where we still live.

The first experience of growing large-leaved hydrangeas

When my mother could no longer go to the dacha, she bought with beautiful inflorescences and brought them to my garden.

Then for several years we suffered with the growing bushes of these large-leaved hydrangeas, which became huge, but still did not want to bloom ...
Now it is clear to me that we covered them incorrectly for the winter - we covered only the bases of the bushes. And the tops of the shoots, where frost-sensitive flower buds are located in the large-leaved hydrangea, were left uncovered.
When we decided to dig up these non-flowering hydrangea bushes, which reached 1.5 m in diameter, we were surprised - what huge roots they had!

So sadly ended our first experience of growing large-leaved hydrangea in the garden ...

Collection of treelike and panicle hydrangeas

After the failure to grow the thermophilic large-leaved hydrangea, then we planted only winter-hardy varieties in the garden - that did not need to be covered.

In our garden, hydrangea bushes appeared with very elegant and unusual inflorescences of many varieties:
- "Grandiflora" - with unusually large inflorescences;
- "Kyushu" - elegant and unique hydrangea with a smell;
- "Pink Diamond" - hydrangea turning pink by autumn;
- "Pinky Winky" - with a bright pink autumn color of inflorescences;
- "Fantom" - amazingly solemn hydrangea;
- "Limelight" - exquisite hydrangea with light green inflorescences;
- “Vanille Fraise” - a fashionable hydrangea from the French nursery (Minier) with a mesmerizing color transition: from pure white to cream to strawberry pink;
- "Hayes Starburst" ("Double Annabel") - terry treelike hydrangea, the inflorescences of which resemble a dome with hanging tassels.

In the photo: panicle hydrangea variety "Limelight"; panicle hydrangea varieties "Vanille Fraise"; hydrangea tree varieties "Hayes Starburst"

Renovation hydrangea - the first step to making your dream come true

It seemed to us a pipe dream: in our garden huge shrubs of splendid ones will bloom as lush as we saw selling in pots in garden centers. We understood that this plant manifests itself in all its glory in a warm climate. But how much we wanted to grow well in our garden and bloom profusely large-leaved hydrangeas with inflorescences of various colors ...

Once we received another catalog from DarwinPlants and saw in it a new hydrangea "Early Sensation". They translated its description and were amazed - it blooms on the shoots of the current year!
This means that if during the wintering period flower buds are not preserved on last year's shoots, then this hydrangea will bloom on growing young shoots.

Of course, we bought many shrubs of this hydrangea at once. And the very next year, after the very first winter, they bloomed in our garden.
Our dream was starting to come true!

And already three-year-old huge bushes we showed at the July flower show. The visitors were delighted with the lush blooming hydrangeas and could not imagine that they were grown in our garden and successfully winter in the open field.

The appearance of frost-resistant remontant hydrangeas in our garden extraordinarily decorated it and brought the fulfillment of an old dream closer. Our passion for large-leaved hydrangeas has flared up with renewed vigor!

In the photo: large-leaved remontant hydrangea "Endless Summer"; large-leaved hydrangeas of the Magical series

A separate article is devoted to frost-resistant remontant hydrangeas, which gives characteristics and reveals the differences of these varieties from other large-leaved hydrangeas.

Igor Sergeevich Arkatov (Kazan)
www.r-garden.narod.ru

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When visiting garden exhibitions, I often heard the following conversation:

What kind of hydrangea do you have?

Paniculata.

Ah ... I already have it.

And not a word about the name of the variety, about the shape of the inflorescences! Many do not even suspect that the paniculata have varieties. If you ask how it looks, they answer: “It's so white, with elongated inflorescences. garden hydrangea that's another matter. She has pink, blue, and two-tone varieties ... "It's a shame that gardeners pay so little attention to" white "hydrangeas. And the panicle deserves special attention. It has a lot of varieties, and the color is constantly changing. And in any form it is beautiful.

WHAT IS SHE?

Hydrangea paniculata (Hydrangea paniculata Sieb.) Is a shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall. The crown is dense, round, ovoid leaves up to 12 cm long. Flowers in long wide-pyramidal panicles up to 25 cm long.

There are two types of flowers in the inflorescence. Fertile flowers are very small, their petals fall off early. The sterile flowers are much larger, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, with four white petals. As they bloom, they turn pink.

Flowering lasts from late June to October. Hydrangea grows quickly, hardy, relatively unpretentious.

WHY COMPARE?

The panicle hydrangea has many varieties. They differ in the size of the inflorescences, their density, the number of sterile flowers. And, in addition, the difference in shades, both at the beginning of flowering and at the end.

Most gardeners prefer varieties with large, dense inflorescences that have almost no fertile flowers. They like these "snow caps". Compared to these varieties, others seem to be "frail, uninteresting".

But, have mercy, why compare! Take a look at the quality of the varieties in a different way. They are all beautiful.

Connoisseurs of hydrangeas talk about flowers not "frail", but graceful. Each flower can be seen in them. The charm of these varieties lies in their airiness, lightness. Small fertile flowers resemble lace, and large sterile moths crouched on them.

"Moth" varieties fit well into the natural style, since they do not stand out from the general picture with too large, bright flowers (photo 4).

POPULAR VARIETIES

Sometimes in the description of varieties they are divided into moth, green-flowered, pink. The division is very arbitrary, as is the name of the groups themselves. You should also know that the saturation of the color depends on the growing conditions, in particular on the illumination and acidity of the soil.

Grandiflora (Grandiflora). Differs from the species in later flowering and large sterile flowers, collected in wide-pyramidal inflorescences up to 30 cm long. The flowers are creamy white when blooming, pure white in full bloom, then pink, greenish red in autumn.

Phantom Inflorescences are white, dense and very large (up to 25 cm). Over time, the flowers acquire a light pinkish tint. The stems are strong, do not lodge from bad weather.

Unique. The flowers are white, pink when flowering, collected in large inflorescences up to 25 cm in size. In the inflorescence, both sterile and fertile flowers. Flowering is profuse and long, from July to September. The flowers have a pleasant aroma.

Bobo (Bobo). Dwarf hydrangea, up to 70 cm. Looks very impressive. The impression is enhanced by

the fact that we are looking at the plant from above. Inflorescences are abundant, white-green, then slightly pinkish.

PINK VARIETIES

Vanille Fraise. This variety received the highest award in the 2007 Innovert competition. And until now, this hydrangea is considered one of the best. She earned such a high assessment for large, lush inflorescences, which have a very beautiful and gentle combination tones: from white to pure pink. In autumn, the inflorescences of this hydrangea acquire a pink-crimson color. Stems are powerful, tall, but sometimes droop under the weight of inflorescences. The bush requires a garter.

Pinky Winky. A hydrangea variety with large, graceful inflorescences. The sterile flowers are very large, bright pink, later with a raspberry tint (photo 8).

Pink Diamond (Pink Diamont). Inflorescences up to 30 cm long consist of fertile and sterile flowers. The flowers are creamy white at first, then turn dark pink, almost red.

GREEN VARIETIES

At the beginning of flowering, a greenish tint is inherent in all varieties of hydrangeas. But in these varieties, the green color appears stronger and lasts longer.

Lime Light. The most famous variety in this category. Literally the name means "lime light" or " light shade lime. "Later, the flowers turn white, and turn pink in autumn (photo 8, 6).

Magical Moonlight. A very expressive variety. Inflorescences are dense, elongated, white-green in color. Over time, the flowers turn white.

Magical Candle. White cream flowers with a greenish tint, pink-red in autumn, collected in densely packed, large inflorescences.

SOIL VARIETIES

Tardiva. Late flowering form, blooms in August-September. The inflorescences are conical, openwork, and consist of sterile and fruiting flowers. Very effective against the background of a green thuja (photo 3).

Kyushu. The flowers are white, with a pleasant smell, collected in long and wide inflorescences (photo 10). Some of the flowers are sterile, the rest are fruiting. Blooms from mid-July to mid-October.

Floribunda (Floribunda). A popular and very hardy hydrangea with lace panicles. Sterile flowers are large, with long pedicels.

Presox (Rhaesokh). The earliest of the panicle hydrangeas. Flowering begins 6 weeks earlier than other varieties. Sterile flower petals in small denticles.

Also, the following varieties can be referred to as "moths": Pink Diamond, Pink Lady, Last Post, Magical Starlight, etc. They differ in the number of sterile flowers (those same "moths" perched on the inflorescence).

In some varieties, sterile flowers are so large that they are no longer moths, but real butterflies. And the White Lady variety has graceful teeth on the petals.

The Great Star variety is very original (photo 9). Fertile flowers are fluffy due to long stamens, and sterile ones are very large. Four petals are helically twisted and resemble a propeller, and the span of the "blades" is up to 7 cm (in some specimens up to 10 cm!).

FRAGRANT HYDRANES?

The catalogs indicate that some varieties of hydrangeas have a scent. In particular, such a characteristic is found in the description of the varieties Matilda, Kiushu, Unique. However, many gardeners claim to be odorless. They explain this by the fact that either they were sold a fake, or the varieties are embellished in catalogs to make it easier to sell them.

In fact, the scent of a flower depends a lot on climate and growing conditions. So many flowers smell stronger in the sun and in warm weather. Remember the scent of the southern gardens. In the shade, the smell becomes less distinct. IN Middle lane By the end of summer and autumn in Russia, the air is usually cool and very humid. This is likely to affect the scent of the hydrangeas.

And all the same, some varieties are really aromatic, for example, Wim's Red.

Bred by breeder Wim Rutten, Wim 's Red was an instant worldwide sensation. This variety has a very large inflorescence (up to 35 cm in length) with an enchanting honey aroma. But this is not all its advantages. The variety has a very long flowering period. In summer, the inflorescences have white color, then turn pink, and in September acquire a rich burgundy red hue.

HEAVY MONOMACH'S HAT ...

Everyone is good at hydrangea, but sometimes the stems lodge, and the inflorescences look down (photo 11). As a rule, this shortcoming is followed by varieties with dense inflorescences. "Moths" hardly suffer from it. There are several tricks to help you deal with this problem.

First of all, you need to comply with the requirements of the hydrangea. This will allow you to grow healthy plants with strong stems.

Hydrangea is very fond of water, and when it is lacking it develops weak shoots. The soil should always be moist. To reduce evaporation, mulch the soil or plant ground cover plants under the crown of the bush.

The place should be bright, but half-shade is better than direct sun. In an open area, do not forget to water the hydrangea more often.

The soil is loose, fertile, preferably acidic. Dense clay must be loosened. To do this, add sand and sawdust.

If the soil lacks acidity, hydrangeas have dull leaves, thin stems and small inflorescences. When planting, add high peat, or at least mulch it trunk circle... Ash, lime, chalk and other deoxidizers are contraindicated for hydrangeas.

Hydrangeas also need pruning. Panicle hydrangeas can be pruned in the fall. But experienced gardeners are advised to postpone this until spring. In April, before the buds awaken, the stems are shortened by about 1/3 of the length. All weak and thickening shoots are cut out. Strong pruning stimulates vigorous growth. The fewer shoots left, the thicker and stronger each of them will be. These stems can withstand heavy hats without a garter.

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Hydrangea is an incredibly beautiful and original shrub. In the world, it has a large number of varieties, but in our area the most common of them are paniculate and tree-like. They are often found in gardens in different corners our country.

In the material, we will tell you what varieties of hydrangeas exist, how they differ from each other, what are the features of caring for a plant. You will also see a photo of panicle and tree hydrangea.

Features of panicle hydrangea: plant photo

Hydrangeas first appeared in Europe in the 18th century, where they were brought from Japan. The varieties began to be bred in the 20th century, now there are more than 100.

Key differences panicle hydrangea from a tree-like one:

a paniculate plant resembles a tree, and a tree-like plant resembles a shrub (this can be clearly seen in the photo);
it tolerates cold better.

If we talk about panicle hydrangea, its varieties are very rich in terms of shades. It can also be roomy, such a flower can be grown not only in the garden, but also on the balcony.

Key features the plants are:

inflorescences in the form of panicles, differ in splendor and bright shade, their length reaches 25 cm;
plant height can be 10 meters;
the structure and shape of the leaves of panicle hydrangea depends on its variety. So, they can be velvety or smooth, jagged and ovoid.
Hydrangea paniculata not only performs decorative functions. It also has such medicinal properties:
helps to improve the functioning of the urinary system;
normalizes the kidneys;
saves with prostatitis.

According to legend, the garden hydrangea is considered the keeper of the owner of the garden.

Hydrangea paniculata: varieties

Below we present to your attention several categories of varieties of panicle hydrangea with their description. You can see some species with your own eyes in the presented photos.

Such varieties are most often grown in central Russia. They differ in height, inflorescence, shades and leaf shape. Care for them is about the same, so the varieties differ exclusively in appearance:

The most attractive varieties of panicle hydrangeas (photo)

And there are varieties of hydrangeas that are distinguished by their attractive appearance ... Below is a list of them, some samples are present in the photo:

New species

New varieties of panicle hydrangeas appeared not so long ago, but already gained popularity among gardeners... Below is a description of some of them:

Features of caring for paniculate hydrangeas

Despite the abundance of varieties of panicle hydrangeas, caring for them is mostly the same. It is quite simple and does not require any special skills. Remember that hydrangea is very moisture-loving and needs regular watering... It is better to choose acidic soil, if it is not acidic enough, then you can replenish this with copper sulfate.

The landing site should be in the sun or partial shade, should not be strong winds... This plant tolerates winters well, but it is better to cover them in cold weather.

In early spring, shrubs are pruned for later abundant flowering... Pruning should not be started during sap flow.

Hydrangea needs regular feeding, mineral fertilizers applied once every 2 weeks, organic - once every 4, respectively. Top dressing stops with the onset of autumn.

Pruning

Pruning needs to be taken very carefully. If it is carried out correctly, then only this can guarantee good flowering... Spring plant trimmed before budding and after the snow melts.

The panicle hydrangea has a peculiarity - it grows and the number of its shoots increases. In this case, the inflorescences become smaller. This is why it is recommended to prune the plant.

For good flowering, you need to thin out last year's shoots that grow from one point, while leaving a maximum of two. This will create an influx of light for the inflorescences.

Tree hydrangeas: varieties and photos

Tree-like white hydrangea originally from North Americawhere it grows naturally. There are also many varieties of this type of hydrangea, below we list the most famous:

Features of planting, reproduction and care

Before planting in the garden or on the site of a tree hydrangea in advance you need:

hold the cuttings or seedlings of the plant in a warm liquid diluted with a solution of potassium permanganate;
plant them in compost soil;
water abundantly.

Alternatively, you can make a mini greenhouse, which will allow the plant to adapt faster. You need to transplant the plant only when it is warm, for example, in spring, and only in the morning. Gently uproot the plant and try to preserve the roots as much as possible.

Treelike garden hydrangea is propagated by division or cuttings. Dividing a bush can be a problem for beginners. If you do not know the matter, you can damage the plant. It should be planted by cuttings in the fall in wet weather.

Caring for a tree hydrangea depends largely on its variety. Each variety has its own characteristics and requirements in relation to soil, sunlight and moisture regime.

Getting ready for winter

When preparing a plant for winter, you need to do the following:

cut off dead branches and grab the leaves;
cover the plant at the base with sawdust;
cover it with boards;
tilt the bush and tie it with a rope, then fasten everything;
cover the hydrangea with waterproof wrap;
from above we fall asleep with an abundant layer of sawdust.

All this will contribute to the fact that the plant will bloom well for more than one year.

The plant needs pruning twice a year. The first time it is pruned in the fall to shape and remove dead branches. And the second time pruning is carried out before wintering the shrub... All trimmed branches are treated with a solution of potassium permanganate, then covered with a thick wax layer.

Diseases and pests

Often, pests are the reason that the hydrangea stops blooming. Spider mite negatively affects not only foliage, but also root system, as a result of which the leaves turn yellow and rot.

Dangerous diseases for a tree hydrangea is:

fungal diseases;
false mealy growth;
chlorosis, which develops due to a large amount of humus.

Regardless of which variety and type of hydrangea you have chosen for your garden or suburban area, it must be properly looked after, it must also look harmonious against the general background with the rest of the composition from other plants.

Panicle hydrangea

Hydrangeas are shrubs or small trees, the inflorescences of which consist of large sterile flowers with four colored sepals, similar to petals, and small fertile flowers.

Grows in South and East Asia, North and South America, with the greatest species diversity in East Asia, especially China and Japan.

Hydrangeas are often grown in gardens as ornamental plants because of their large, beautiful inflorescences.

Propagated by dividing the bush, by layering, and is very well cut by woody and green cuttings, which can be propagated in winter. To do this, cuttings cut in the fall are stored in plastic bags with wet sand in the refrigerator, and in February they are planted in pots with drainage layers (3-4 cm), a mixture (1: 2) of turf soil with peat (4-6 cm) and washed river sand (4-5 cm), having previously dipped the lower part of the cutting in 1% powder of heteroauxin with talc. The cuttings are watered, covered with plastic wrap and kept in the light at a temperature of + 20-22 ° C. After 32-40 days, green shoots appear, which can be cut again or rooted at the end of April and planted in greenhouses with shading. At the end of summer, rooted cuttings are planted in a permanent place, which should be well lit. It is better to plant hydrangeas in a sunny place.

Nearly all hydrangeas thrive best in partial shade and can be severely drought. Only garden hydrangea (large-leaved) and panicle hydrangea can grow in sufficiently bright light. Growing hydrangeas is possible only on moist soils. In general, the soil for this plant must be fertile. Hydrangeas prefer acidic soils, so they are often planted next to other plants that require acidic soil: heather, erica, crowberry.

Since hydrangea grows poorly on dense soils, the soil in the near-trunk zone must be loosened 2-3 times per season to a depth of 5-6 cm. Hydrangea prefers soils rich in organic matter, therefore it is recommended to feed it - to apply organic fertilizers.

Hydrangea is a moisture-loving plant that tolerates drought very poorly, so it needs to be watered (once a month, and in drought - once a week, 15-20 liters per plant). In addition, it is advisable to mulch the soil with bark, wood chips, needles, leaves, so that the earth retains moisture and is more acidic.

Different types of hydrangeas have different frost resistance, but in most species, unripe shoots freeze over. Garden forms with colored buds usually require shelter for the winter, but you can transplant them into containers and keep them in the house until spring.

Possible hydrangea diseases are chlorosis (leaves turn yellow, shoots break, flowers become smaller) and downy mildew (oily, later yellowing spots appear on the leaves, gradually darkening and increasing in size). Chlorosis is caused by an excess of lime in the soil, and false powdery mildew - high air humidity. To avoid the appearance of chlorosis, it is recommended root dressing iron salts or complete complex fertilizers.

Also, hydrangea can be affected by sucking insects that feed on tissue sap on young leaves: spider mites (on the underside of the leaf), green leaf aphids, meadow bug. These pests of hydrangea cause chlorosis of the leaves and loss of decorative properties of plants.

When high humidity and the thickening of hydrangea plantings can be "attacked" by snails and slugs.

With a large number of pests, hydrangeas are sprayed with drugs such as Karbofos, Fitoverm, Aktellik. It is recommended to use Meta against slugs.

All parts of the plant contain cyanogenic glycosides and therefore are considered poisonous - they are contraindicated to eat them. However, cases of poisoning are rare, as the plants do not appear attractive as a food source.

Several types of hydrangea grow in Russia in the Far East. Most of the species are shrubs 1-3 m tall, some are small trees, the rest are lianas climbing up the trunks of other trees to a height of up to 30 m.Plants can be either deciduous or evergreen, but the widely cultivated species of the temperate zone are deciduous ...

Hydrangeas bloom from spring to late autumn. The flowers are collected at the end of the stem in beautiful spherical inflorescences - a scutellum or panicle. In most species, flower heads contain two types of flowers: small, fertile (fertile) flowers in the middle and large sterile (sterile) flowers at the edges. In some species, all flowers are fertile and have the same size.

The vast majority of flowers are white, but in some, such as the large-leaved hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), they can be blue, red, pink and lilac. In these species, the color often depends on the pH level (pH) in the soil: acidic soilsah, the petals become blue, in neutrals - pale beige, and in alkaline ones - pink or lilac. Hydrangeas are one of the few plants that can accumulate aluminum, which is released from acidic soils and in some species forms compounds that give them blue tints.

Hydrangea fruit is a 2-5-split capsule with numerous small seeds.

In total, 12 species have been introduced by the botanical gardens of Russia. All of them grow well in open ground in central Russia. An exception will be the large-leaved hydrangea, which is less winter-hardy compared to other species and therefore is widely used in the south, but in the middle lane it can be used to decorate a garden in a potted culture or as an ornamental plant used in interiors almost everywhere.

The most common: panicle hydrangea (H. paniculata sieb.), Tree hydrangea (H. arborescens l.), Ground cover hydrangea "Bretschneider" (H. heteromalla "bretschneideri" dipp.). More heat-loving species are much less common: oak-leaved hydrangea (H. quercifolia), radiant hydrangea (H. radiata), ash hydrangea (H. cinerea), serrata hydrangea (H. serrata), Sarget hydrangea (H. sargentiana), rough hydrangea ( H. aspera). Of climbing plants the most famous are schizophragma hydrangeoides and hydrangea petiolaris. They are used in vertical gardening.

Hydrangea paniculata - a tall shrub or tree, reaching a height of 2.5 m, with dense dark green leaves. Plants are about one and a half meters high. Green buds appear in mid-July, by the end of the month they turn white; flowering - from August throughout the fall; inflorescences - with a smooth transition from white to raspberry and purple with a violet tint. Inflorescences are broad-copiramedal, erect or drooping, 10-35 cm long.

Panicle hydrangea is durable, frost-resistant, grows quickly. In the southern regions, the plant bears fruit. In autumn, pruning of faded inflorescences is recommended, in spring - sanitary and formative pruning.

Hydrangea - shrub up to 1.5 m high with straight shoots and large spherical inflorescences. Hydrangea leaves are tree-like elliptical green with bluish pubescence below. Inflorescences in the form of scutes up to 15 cm in diameter cover the entire bush. The color of the flowers is white or cream. Flowering occurs in July-August.

Hydrangea is a tree-like winter-hardy and grows rapidly. Besides, given view hydrangeas better than others tolerate the presence of lime in the soil. Treelike hydrangea reproduces well by layering.

Large-leaved hydrangea, or garden hydrangea. It is a very common type of hydrangea with many cultivars. Garden hydrangea is less winter-hardy than other types of hydrangeas, therefore open ground it is planted in the southern regions. This species is grown and how indoor plant - in Central Russia, garden or large-leaved hydrangea is more often planted in pots or decorated with it for winter gardens.

Garden hydrangea - shrub up to 1 m high with straight shoots and simple bright green large leaves. Inflorescences bloom in July-August. The color of flowers is pink and lilac, bluish, less often white. Garden or large-leaved hydrangea is very decorative, it stands out in the garden with bright green foliage and huge bright inflorescences.

Hydrangea Bretschneider - shrub up to 3 m high with chestnut-brown shoots. The leaves are large, oval, dark green in summer and yellow-brown in autumn.

Hydrangea Bretschneider blooms profusely from June to August, has a faint pleasant smell. Simple flowers are collected in numerous corymbose inflorescences 10-20 cm in diameter. At the beginning of flowering, the flowers are white, by the end of July they turn pink, and in August they acquire a rich crimson color.

Bretschneider's hydrangea is the most winter-hardy of all hydrangeas. In the conditions of the European part of Russia, the plant does not require shelter for the winter.

Hydrangea Sargent - shrub from 0.8 to 1 m in height with thick erect tomentose-pubescent shoots up to 1 m in height and dark green velvet leaves.

Differs in unusual inflorescences with bluish or violet-lilac central flowers and white marginal flowers that look like stars. Hydrangea Sargent blooms in late July or early August and blooms until the frost.

Hydrangea Sargent is not winter-hardy; it needs shelter for the winter. In the conditions of the European part of Russia, the plant is actually grown as a perennial herbaceous plant, since its aboveground part freezes out almost every year.

Stalked hydrangea Is a creeping plant with dark, reddish-brown shoots reaching 20-25 m in length. The shoots of petiolate hydrangea have bearing roots along their entire length. In the absence of support, the plant spreads along the ground.

The stems are flexible; due to the presence of special air roots, they are able to climb walls, trellises, trees.

Leaves are small, glossy, rich green (turn yellow in autumn). The flowers are whitish-greenish, collected in scutes, scattered along the entire length of the liana.

Young plants grow slowly. Petiolate hydrangea tolerates some shading, but blooms profusely only in illuminated areas (melliferous flowers bloom in June). In open, windy places, the petiole hydrangea freezes, so it is planted in sheltered places.

Hydrangea serrated , oak-leaved hydrangea, rough hydrangea, ash hydrangea, radiant hydrangea are non-frost-resistant species that do not winter in Central Russia and need shelter.

Plants require systematic pruning. Some species and varieties recommend pruning annually at the time of budding, otherwise the bushes stretch in length until they sag under their own weight, after which they can break off.

You can only trim the panicle hydrangea and the petiolate hydrangea. Large-leaved (garden) hydrangea cannot be cut off, since the buds are formed on last year's shoots. Pruning paniculate hydrangea and petiolate hydrangea is possible because they form inflorescences on the shoots of the current year. Hydrangea pruning is carried out at the beginning of the growing season (March-April). Later, pruning the hydrangea is undesirable, since the plant will develop worse and may not bloom at all. In the early years, pruning the hydrangea should not be too strong. In liana hydrangea, the frozen tops of the shoots are shortened. In older plants, strong anti-aging pruning is possible. In autumn, faded hydrangea inflorescences must be removed.

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