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.
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.
