Pruning
All caring for the bush of this plant, basically comes down to proper pruning. Here we must show responsibility. Because an inept procedure can disfigure the hydrangea, depriving it of its beauty.
Young plants cannot be pruned. Only grown bushes begin to cut from 4 years of age. The procedure is carried out in the spring, as early as possible. The branches are cut about 15 centimeters from the end. In an adult bush, young branches can be shortened by a third.
If you do not prune the hydrangea, then after a while the flower caps will lose their splendor and crushed.
Follow-up care
The main care of the Erli Sensei hydrangea includes weeding, irrigation, pruning and fertilization.
Watering
For irrigation, it is best to choose either rainwater or settled water.
On average, hydrangeas should be irrigated once or twice a week, adjusting the regime when drought or rain occurs. If you do not forget about the abundant irrigation in the autumn months, you can be sure that "Earli Senseis" will endure the winter frosts without any problems. It should be mentioned that loosening of the soil is carried out together with weeding and watering, but only two or three times a season. The shovel deepens by 5-6 centimeters.
Top dressing
It is customary to apply fertilizers in the spring months, as well as when active bud formation occurs. In the fall, hydrangeas need fertilizing consisting of potassium and phosphorus, which are aimed at strengthening the root system.
Pruning
For the hydrangea bush, the most important are sanitary and anti-aging feeding, which are carried out in the spring months before the juices begin to move and the buds swell.
It is not customary to prune young hydrangeas, since the development of the crown will continue until the culture is 4 years old.
Autumn pruning involves shortening all shoots by two-thirds of their total length. This procedure has two purposes, such as:
- it allows Early Sensen to cope better with frost, as the short stems are more resistant;
- short branches become more durable, and their upcoming flowering turns out to be more luxuriant.
Varieties and varieties
In Russia, two varieties of this plant are cultivated: woody and large-leaved. There are several popular types.
Early pink
It grows in height even above a meter, has large leaves and inflorescences that can reach 20 cm in diameter, the color is found both purple and pinkish, the only drawback is that it does not tolerate winter well.
Early Pink hydrangea video:
Pinky promise
The result of the work of Dutch breeders, the variety is undersized, but very hardy to Russian weather conditions, the flowers are initially white, then turn pink during the season.
Hanabi rose
In the Hanabi Rose cultivar, flowering usually starts on the shoots of the last year, has a purple tint, which is very attractive to gardeners.
Pink Annabelle
A tree-like shrub up to 1.5 m high, the flowers first turn pink, then fade, endures wintering staunchly.
Video about hydrangea Pink Anabel:
Touch of pink
A compact shrub with a height of 0.7 m, loves sunny areas, blooms especially actively after spring pruning.
Video about hydrangea Touch of Pink:
A truly Russian winter-hardy variety, blooms with white-pink inflorescences until late autumn.
Pink lady
One of the largest varieties, inflorescences often simply bend branches to the ground, flowers by the end of the season turn from white to greenish.
Video about Pink Lady hydrangea:
Pink diamond
It is also large in size and can reach a height of 3 m, frost-resistant.
There are other varieties, up to very undersized, but most of them must be carefully covered for the winter and constantly monitor the condition of the soil. This, of course, does not add much popularity to them. But the pink large-leaved hydrangea requires much less trouble.
Care
After planting, further agrotechnical measures are reduced to performing a number of mandatory works.
Watering
Treelike hydrangea is a moisture-loving culture that grows rather quickly. Lack of fluid has an extremely negative effect on its appearance and condition. Watering, depending on weather conditions, should be regular and abundant. In the heat, you can moisten the culture 3-4 times a week. The soil should be saturated with liquid at least 50 centimeters. Adding manganese to the water will be useful when watering, which can strengthen the shoots of hydrangea.
Top dressing
Today, the cultivation of such a flowering plant will be impossible without the introduction of additional fertilizing. As a rule, fertilizers are used three times during the season.
- After rooting in the garden, after 14-15 days, the hydrangea should be fed with potassium sulfate, superphosphate or urea. Such work should be carried out every spring.
- In early summer, the plant will need to replenish its supply of important trace elements for abundant and long-lasting flowering. During this period, it is worth avoiding nitrogen-containing compounds, which will activate the growth of green mass, and focus on the introduction of phosphorus and potassium as fertilizers. You can use complex formulations for flowering garden plants.
- By the fall, it is recommended to fertilize the culture with organic matter; for this it is worth using last year's manure. This will be the final stage of the introduction of dressings.
In addition to the obligatory dressings, special formulations can be used for the tree hydrangea, which will allow you to change the color of the inflorescences.
- To achieve a blue flowering from the culture, it is recommended to add aluminum sulfate to the water when watering. For one square meter of area, about 500 grams of the substance will be needed.
- In order for the hydrangea to bloom blue in the garden, it will need aluminum phosphate, at least 15 grams per liter of liquid.
- To dye flowers in lilac color, it is worth using copper sulfate as a top dressing in the amount of 1 teaspoon per 7 liters of water. This substance can also contribute to the appearance on the bushes of a mix of pink and blue flowers.
Pruning
For hydrangea, tree pruning, carried out every season, is an important component of all agricultural technology. A novice gardener needs to know that a planned and correct haircut will help the culture to throw out large and spectacular inflorescences, which makes it different from a large-leaved hydrangea
Neglect of such work will lead to excessive thickening of the crown, as a result, the plant will have an unattractive appearance.
The first planned pruning is carried out to the plant at the age of 5-6 years; at an earlier age, cutting can adversely affect the development of culture. Usually, such work is carried out in early spring - in March-April. At the same time, it is necessary to remove from the shoots of the culture no more than one third of the length, be sure to leave at least 3-4 buds on the hydrangea. With sanitary pruning, dry and frozen branches are subject to separation from the plant.
Description of hydrangea tree
Gardeners all over the world successfully grow hydrangea outdoors. Beautiful and long-lasting flowering is of particular value to gardeners. A wide range of colors of different varieties allows landscape designers to create unique compositions.
What is tree hydrangea
For your information! Many gardeners are interested in the question, hydrangea is a tree or a shrub. In fact, it is a shrub, but if only one trunk is formed from the first year, then it can be grown in the form of a small tree.
Origin
North America is considered the birthplace of culture. The first descriptions of hydrangea are mentioned at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. At this time, she was first introduced to Europe. She gained special love from aristocrats from England and France. In those days, only 2 types of hydrangeas were grown: red and white.
The name of the plant was given by the botanist from France F. Commerson, who gave it the female name common at that time - hydrangea.
Note! Hydrangea in Japan is called ajisai, which means "sunny purple flower". Translated from Latin "Hydrangea" means "vessel with water", this exactly describes the culture's love for water
Peculiarities
Treelike hydrangea grows up to 2 m. The crown is formed from flexible, strong green shoots. The culture has a highly developed superficial root system. The voluminous oval-shaped foliage has a bright rich green color, which remains even after drying. In autumn, the leaves of some varieties acquire red tints, which give the plant a special sophistication. They are not inferior in their decorative characteristics to flowers.
Important! Inflorescences in different varieties can be in the form of a cone, ball, shield. Multicolored flowers have the ability to change their color throughout the season.
Advantages and disadvantages
The tree hydrangea has many benefits. Its main advantage is considered to be high decorativeness. A wide variety of shades of inflorescences opens up ample opportunities in landscape design. It can be combined with different flowers, shrubs and ornamental trees.
The plant must be properly cared for so that it pleases with a beautiful flowering in the first year after planting. The unpretentiousness of hydrangea allows even inexperienced growers to grow it. Flowers have the ability not to fade for a long time.
In addition to the advantages, the plant also has disadvantages. A big disadvantage is the need for frequent watering, shading of seedlings. Hydrangea is very sensitive to moisture deficiency, which provokes yellowness and leaf fall. Excess moisture causes the root system to rot.
Winter hardiness
Hydrangea has high winter hardiness. Adult plants can easily tolerate low air temperatures (up to -40 ° C). Thanks to this, the culture is successfully grown not only in regions with a temperate and warm climate, but also in areas with severe winters: in the Urals, in the Moscow region and Siberia.
Reproduction methods
Today there are only 3 ways of reproduction of hydrangea tree-like Annabelle: cuttings, branching and dividing the bush. Most often, it is cuttings that are used - it takes the least time and is within the power of every gardener.
Cuttings
Cuttings should be harvested in the spring - preferably in April, when preventive pruning of garden plants is carried out. Cuttings from the tops of the crown of a shrub, always from young shoots, are best suited for reproduction. They should be fresh, green and not painful, no more than 15 cm in length.
After selecting the cuttings, plant them in a spacious container with pre-prepared and moistened soil. For the full development of cuttings, the soil should include peat, sand and humus (in the same ratio). Prepared cuttings are placed in a container at a distance of at least 25 cm from each other. After that, it is covered with a translucent film to create a pleasant microclimate.
In this state, the cuttings will develop and grow for at least 1.5-2 years. During this time, you should maintain a favorable moisture level in the container. The film can be removed as soon as the plants take root. Future hydrangeas can grow both indoors and outdoors, but the container should still be kept indoors during cold seasons.
As soon as the plant can take root in the soil and acquire a strong stem, the next reproduction can be carried out.To do this, the lower long shoot is cut in the middle, buried in the place of the cut and fixed (with pebbles, for example). This procedure should be carried out in the spring before the leaves have appeared. By about autumn, the shoot should take root. It also costs about 2 years to grow it in a container, and only after that it can be transplanted from the mother plant to a new place.
Removal of an adult plant
In the early days of autumn, you need to dig a small hole near an adult plant - from 5 to 10 cm, then choose one of the most developed branches of the plant, make an incision on it and lay it in the dug hole. After that, the shoot is strengthened with a hairpin, fertilized with nutritious soil, watered and insulated with a layer of mulch. This should keep the plant safe throughout the winter.
The method of reproduction through dividing the bush is practically not used today; it can be used only when transplanting a plant to a new place. Unfortunately, in this case, it will not work to propagate the plant without harm to the root system of the mother shrub.
