Hydrangeas in the garden are very popular as a summer flower. They are easy to maintain, impress with beautiful flowers in attractive colors and charm of a rural idyll. Here are some tips for the care of hydrangeas and information on how to fertilize and cut, and how to influence the color of the flower.
Keep hydrangeas in the garden fair
Artenvielfahlt the Hydrangea is huge. A distinction is made between the ball hydrangea, hydrangeas, garden Rispenhortensien, dishware, hydrangea, hydrangeas and oak leaves Samthortensien. The differences lie in the shape of flowers and your needs, you should consider when purchasing. So do not hesitate hydrangeas in the garden, the location is important. Most species of hydrangeas grow best in partial shade, in a sheltered place possible. The soil should be loose and humus. Irrigation is particularly important for the cure hydrangeas. Hydrangeas should never dry out and need a lot of water.
Hydrangeas in the garden – fertilizing, cutting and wintering
Fertilize hydrangeas are the force and takes place in spring and again in early summer, between May and July. Draw a solid fertilizers and with little phosphorus. If you do not have a hydrangea fertilizer, also present is suitable for azaleas and rhododendrons.
Your hydrangeas should be pruned depends on the variety. When the plates Bauernhortensie and hydrangeas only frozen sprouts should be removed in the spring and root pruning, you should definitely avoid. Because these species form buds for next year in the fall. Hydrangea Rispenhortensie, Schneeballhortensie Eichenblättrige and can tolerate a high contrast in the autumn pruning. Cut too little than too much, otherwise you risk that your hydrangeas do not bloom in the spring.
Hydrangeas are robust, especially Rispenhortensien. However, it is still possible to protect the shrubs with a slight winter protection, consisting of branches or roots with a thick layer of mulch before frost.
Color blue hydrangeas
There is an impressive to hydrangeas – depending on the pH value of the change in color of the soil Hydrangea. In acid soils, blue hydrangea bloom on neutral ground – pink. If you want to change the color of roses flowers, then take two tablespoons of aluminum sulfate to the irrigating water, and allow to activate the color blue hydrangeas. The ideal time for this is the spring just before the buds open.
How cut flowers are beautiful hydrangeas touch of color in the house. But when the blossom is over, hydrangeas can be hung with the rod and dried. The dried heads are then used as a beautiful decoration and are also very popular with autumn decorations.
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