The hydrangea large-leaved or garden in the nature grows in subtropics, in this climate the size of bush reaches four meters. Under our conditions the plant reaches in height no more than one meter, but also such small bush — is very decorative, at hydrangea large flowers, the having 4 cm in the diameter, saturated pink color.
How to choose the place for landing of hydrangea
As well as all other species of this plant, hydrangea garden prefers well lit and open places. In principle, can transfer quite well and the half-shade, but in that case flower will blossom much later, at the same time the quantity of inflorescences will be less, and flowers of the small size. Choose the place not only solar, but also protected from winds.
The hydrangea prefers nutritious soil. Mix of sheet humus, peat and sand will be the best option. If the earth on your site poor, dig out pole of 70х70 cm in advance and fill it to pochvosmesye, having taken ingredients in equal proportions.
When to plant hydrangea
It is the best of all to plant hydrangea large-leaved in the early spring as at autumn landing the young plant will not be able to take roots enough and will badly transfer winter. At sapling truncate roots, powder cuts with pounded activated carbon and land in the prepared pole filled with nutritious soil. When landing do not bury root neck. Truncate all one-year escapes. The hydrangea is quite whimsical in relation to moisture. At once after landing well water bush. After that support in slightly damp state as the plant can die both from surplus, and from lack of moisture. You watch that when watering it was not formed pools, all moisture has to be absorbed completely to the soil.
Features of care for hydrangea
At hydrangea large-leaved or garden floral kidneys are stuffed up on the ends of escapes of last year therefore it is necessary to do cutting in the spring, deleting dry inflorescences. Besides, cut off the broken, small and dried up escapes. Before wintering you should not do cutting of hydrangea. That she has well transferred winter frosts and has blossomed next year as soon as possible and is more abundant, cover bush. Bend down escapes to the earth and cover them with fir twigs. Around bushes put wooden boards for snow retention if it happens a little on the site to landings. The hydrangea very much praises on fertilizing by organic and mineral fertilizers, but do it moderately as large inflorescences can bend or break escapes. You dissolve complex mineral fertilizer according to the instruction and do fertilizing in the spring before leaves appear, carry out the second fertilizing when on bush buds seem. Three times during the season water hydrangea with dung water, mulch the soil around bush humus. Natural coloring of flowers of garden hydrangea — pink, but they can change the color for blue if to water them with solution of copper vitriol. On one bush it is possible to receive both pink, and blue inflorescences at the same time, for this purpose drive rusty nails on the one side of hydrangea, in this place the plant will blossom blue flowers.