Hydrangea in personal plots and cottages could be quite often found back in the century before last. Currently, this undeservedly forgotten plant is gradually gaining more and more popularity. And this is entirely justified: a chic flowering shrub can become the main decoration of any garden. In addition, thanks to the tireless work of modern breeders, a large number of various varieties of all kinds of colors and sizes have been bred.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose (Bouquet Rose) large-leaved: appearance and history of origin
Large-leaved hydrangea spread throughout Europe from France, which in turn was imported more than two centuries ago from China. An unknown shrub with balls of delicate flowers of various shades was named in honor of the sister of the French prince Nassau-Siegen, the beautiful Hydrangea.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is found in various shades.
One of the most picturesque varieties of large-leaved hydrangea is Hydrangea Bouquet Rose. The plant is a deciduous shrub resembling a ball in shape, with a height and width of about 1-1.3 m (in the case of growing the plant in containers, the dimensions are significantly reduced, amounting to about 0.5-0.6 m). Hydrangea leaves are large, opposite, oblong, ovoid. The upper surface of the leaf is saturated green, slightly roughened, the lower is more velvety.
The color is quite large, collected in spherical inflorescences with a diameter of about 25-30 cm, of flowers ranging from white to various shades, from pink to lilac and from pale blue to purple. The color depends on the acidity of the soil in which the plant grows: hydrangea Bouquet Rose (hydrangea Early Rose) acquires blue hues with increased acidity due to the ability to accumulate aluminum and form chemical compounds with it, and lilac and beige shades are the result of exposure to alkaline soils.
The use of alum in watering makes it possible to get different colors of flowers on one shrub
For your information! The desired color can be obtained by applying crystals of aluminum or iron salts (alum) when watering, which are dissolved in water for irrigation and used 2-4 times a month.
For the purpose of coloring the flowers of a plant, peat can be used, which is either applied to the soil and used as mulch, or dissolved in water and the resulting solution used for irrigation.
Also, some gardeners use special dyes sold in flower shops. And some of them use rusty nails, which are introduced into the soil at the roots of the plant.
Hydrangea Blooming Bouquet Rose
Large-leaved Hydrangea Bouquet Rose blooms very colorful and long (the average flowering period of the shrub lasts from June to September). The shrub is completely studded with colorful large balls of delicate shades, so it is not surprising that many gardeners who grow hydrangeas in their plots rightly consider it their pride. Inflorescences appear at the ends of shoots several years after planting.
For hydrangea, it's best to choose a slightly shaded area.
Note! Experienced gardeners achieve a two-color color of inflorescences on one bush. Such an unusual appearance can be obtained by careful watering with different alum from different sides of the plant (while there should be no slopes on the soil, otherwise water with dyes will simply drain to the other side).
Basic Transplant Rules
- a place. For planting roses, hydrangeas, a semi-shaded place is best. You can also plant shrubs in the shade and in more open areas, but too sunny places where the plant will be exposed to prolonged exposure to direct sunlight, it is still better to avoid;
- priming. Beautiful hydrangea Bouquet of Roses, as they simply call it, prefers nutritious soils with an acidic or slightly acidic reaction. The most important condition for the soil is good drainage. With an excess of nitrogen in the soil, the plant will experience lignification, and the bush will bloom much worse. And in calcareous soils, the shrub will not grow at all;
- deadlines. It is possible to plant young shrubs in open ground in the spring only when steady heat and soil warming occur sufficiently, since unexpected young frosts can destroy a young immature root system;
- transplant process. For a transplanted plant, pits are prepared corresponding to the size of its root system, since the roots should be freely located. Then, a layer of drainage material should be introduced into the pit, which will prevent moisture stagnation in the root system. If several plants are planted at once, then the distance between them should not be less than 1 m.
Large-leaved hydrangea blooms long and colorful
When planting seedlings, do not too deep into the soil the root neck of the plant.
Breeding methods
Hydrangea Airlie Sensation or Early SensationNote! At home, for the cultivation of large-leaved hydrangea, most often used is either cuttings, or breeding plants with layering, or seeds are planted.
- Cuttings. Cuttings cut in autumn are rooted in a room in specially prepared soil throughout the winter, and in the spring, when warm, they are planted in open soil.
- Layering. They are obtained by dripping shoots near the mother plant (the top of the shoot should be above the ground). To ensure greater rooting, the middle of the shoot, which will be under a layer of soil, is scratched and treated with root, this will accelerate the process of root formation. Only after the formation of a well-developed root system can young plants be separated and transplanted to a permanent place of growth.
- Growing from seeds. Seeds are planted in pots, provide them with warmth and timely watering, if necessary, dive and plant. Only in the third year, seedlings can be transplanted into open ground.
Hydrangea Coquin Rose: planting and care
In care you should follow simple rules.
- Watering. Hydrangea loves plentiful watering, but during flowering it should be reduced, avoiding stagnation of water in the roots of the plant. It is also highly undesirable that water gets on the inflorescences, this can cause spots on them.
- Fertilizer. Feeding hydrangeas is important to extend the flowering period. It is better to feed the plant with the help of mineral fertilizers, and their composition should be selected in accordance with the characteristics of the variety (for example, for plants with blue and blue flowers, potassium should prevail in the fertilizer, but less phosphorus). It is important to carry out fertilizer in early spring, when the plant is actively growing, then in early summer, when buds are formed, and in late summer, when new buds are being actively laid for future flowering.
- Care during the flowering period. The description of the basic rule of hydrangea care during flowering is timely and sufficient watering, but water stagnation should not be allowed.
- Care at rest. For hydrangea, growing indoors, in winter you need to provide a period of rest. For this, the temperature in the room should not be higher than 7-8 ° C (the basement is ideal), watering is carried out occasionally and not too plentiful. At the end of winter, when the kidneys are activated, hydrangea is transferred to a warm room.
- Preparing hydrangea for wintering. Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is not very hardy. The plant will be able to normally tolerate not very long frosts up to 15-18 ° C, otherwise there is a risk of losing it. Therefore, if the plant does not need additional shelter during mild winters in warm climates, then it is better to cover hydrangea with more severe conditions with prolonged low temperatures. To do this, before the onset of cold weather, the bush is earthed up, adding soil to the base. The shoots of the plant are fixed on the ground (some gardeners use ordinary wooden boxes for this purpose, passing branches through them), and on top they use covering material (polyethylene, lutrasil), which is well fixed to avoid opening under strong gusts of wind.
Hydrangea grows well in containers at home
Hydrangea is a colorful flowering shrub, which, thanks to a long flowering period, can become an adornment of any garden or site. The plant prefers partial shade and soil with an acid reaction, and what color the inflorescences will depend on the acidity level. The frost resistance of different plant varieties is slightly different, but if winters do not differ in severe frosts, then it is quite possible to do without additional sheltering of branches for the winter. Hydrangea is an unpretentious shrub to care for, which at minimal labor costs will reward lush flowering.
