Hydrangea will drown in luxurious flowers: what to do with the bush in spring

15.02.2023 17:56
Updated: 14.04.2023 02:25

Hydrangea paniculata is popular among summer residents for two reasons: the plant is unpretentious and frost-resistant.

This is a large shrub that, with proper care, is literally covered with flower caps.

To achieve this result, you need to carry out a number of simple procedures. They need to be done in the spring.

Pruning a bush

As soon as the soil is free of snow cover, you need to take the pruning shears in your hands. With their help, remove dry and inward-growing shoots.

The remaining branches are shortened by 1-2 buds. What does the procedure give? It awakens the bush after winter hibernation, stimulates abundant flowering and releases strength for the formation of new stronger and healthier shoots.

Hydrangea
Photo: © Belnovosti

Top dressing

Nitrogen fertilizer is applied in June, and phosphorus fertilizer is applied 1.5 months later.

Fertilizing and pruning are important conditions for abundant flowering of hydrangea, but far from decisive. The main secret lies elsewhere.

Soil

Hydrangea actively develops and blooms in acidic soil. This important condition must be ensured at the beginning of the growing season.

If the soil is alkaline, you can use folk remedies: citric acid, vinegar, soil from a coniferous forest, sawdust, pine cones. The optimal indicator for hydrangea is 5-5.5 pH.

Dmitry Bobrovich Author: Dmitry Bobrovich Internet resource editor


Content
  1. Pruning a bush
  2. Top dressing
  3. Soil