Good afternoon, my reader. In order for hydrangeas to delight us in spring with abundant flowering, it is necessary to properly prepare them for wintering. There are some nuances that must be taken into account if you want your favorite flowers to survive the cold season comfortably.
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Find out what species your hydrangea is
Most often in our gardens you can find three types of hydrangeas: tree, paniculate or large-leaved. In principle, caring for them is not much different, and yet there are some features that a florist needs to know. Therefore, first of all, find out what kind of beauty settled on your site.
Measures to prepare hydrangeas for wintering
- These flowers love acidic soil, so do not lime the soil or fertilize them with ash. Of course, if, unknowingly, you bring ash under the bush, then this plant will not do much harm, but it can still slow down growth and reduce the number of flowers.
- From the middle of summer, you need to start applying phosphorus-potassium fertilizers to the soil so that the flowers have the strength to survive the winter. But nitrogenous fertilizers must be abandoned, since they reduce the frost resistance of plants.
- Hydrangea loves abundant watering, but in the fall the amount of moisture must be reduced, and then completely stop watering it.
- Before freezing, it is best to remove all leaves and flowers from the plant. After all, hydrangea is a deciduous plant. The foliage left for the winter will draw moisture from the shoots.
- It is necessary to remove all the fallen leaves near the bushes, since pathogens are bred in it and parasite larvae are hiding.
- Pruning is a rejuvenation of the bush that has a positive effect on flowering. Sick or dry branches are removed from all types of hydrangea. If you want to form a bush, then you need to cut off other branches that spoil the appearance of the plant. Here it is necessary to take into account the fact that treelike and panicle hydrangeas form flowers on new shoots that have grown in spring. They can be safely cut in the fall. But in large-leaved flowers, flowers are formed on second-year shoots. Therefore, formative pruning cannot be carried out in the fall.
- Do these plants need shelter? Large-leaved is covered for the winter with spruce branches, spunbond or other material, but care must be taken to ensure that the structure is well ventilated, otherwise the flower will wear out. Treelike and paniculate well tolerate cold and do not need special protection from frost. Experienced growers advise to cover only young seedlings.
- If the plant is frozen, then there is nothing wrong with that - you just need to cut off the frozen shoots, and the bush will recover again.
If you follow all these simple rules, then your hydrangea will thank you for taking care of lush flowering.
Do you know how to properly prepare a hydrangea for winter?
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