Climbing hydrangea

Hydrangea is a plant that resembles a flowering liana. It can cover large areas of your flower garden, resembling a flowering carpet. But most often gardeners use it for landscaping facades, fences, fences, creating a flowering hedge. Its adventitious roots are quite tightly attached to any protrusions, vertical and horizontal, so if you want to set a certain direction for the plant, it is better to hook the roots in advance. It can grow in length up to 25 meters. The cultivated species has existed in nature for more than 150 years, but despite this, rarely can anyone find such a hydrangea. This flower is very unpretentious in care and planting, it is enough to take into account a few rules and a perennial plant will delight you with its appearance for a long time. Hydrangea is a frost-resistant plant, for a couple of years you need to cover young, only planted shoots, and then the hydrangea will grow and will cope on its own. Therefore, climbing hydrangea is a real find for the northern regions of our country, but you need to choose the right variety, because some varieties are not so frost-resistant, it is necessary to study all the properties of this variety before buying.

Climbing hydrangea leaves can also vary depending on the variety, they can be dark green, light green, with a transition from light from the middle of the leaf to dark at the edges, with white veins and with dark ones. The flowers are pink or milky white, collected in loose inflorescences - a thyroid panicle. Lush flat inflorescences of climbing hydrangea grow quite large - up to 25 centimeters in diameter. Climbing hydrangeas bloom in June, July, depending on planting time and weather conditions, but always very abundant, the plant is literally buried in flowers.

Hydrangea climbing: landing

Climbing hydrangea: photo of flowers

Climbing hydrangeas, like all similar ones, reproduce in several ways. The most uncommon is seed, this method is used mainly in breeding. Climbing hydrangea is propagated, as a rule, by cuttings, layering, dividing. All these methods are very simple, any novice florist can handle it, applying our recommendations.

In the case of propagation of climbing hydrangea by division, it is necessary to separate the shoot at the root of the flower, leave 2-3 internodes on the stem. Pre-make a small hole, place the rhizome there, maintain a stable moist soil for a month. The division is usually carried out in the spring, with the onset of heat.

Cutting is when a part of a ligneous shoot is cut off, placed in a container with soil for root germination. It is recommended to keep the stalk in partial shade, bright light is not needed, covering it with a film. It is necessary to add root formation stimulants to the soil and water it regularly. The soil should be fertile, containing peat, sand and humus. After the cutting gets stronger and takes root, the film should be removed.

The simplest type of propagation of climbing hydrangea is by layering. We pre-prepare the soil, loosen it, fertilize it, moisten it, then bend one shoot to the ground, cut it off and sprinkle it with soil, watering abundantly. Horses will soon appear from this layer, then a full-fledged root system is formed, then an independent plant will grow. After planting, it is recommended to compact the soil so that no voids remain in the soil.

As we have already said, if you do not set the direction of the plant in a timely manner, then the climbing hydrangea will cling to any vertical surfaces, in order to avoid unwanted growth, catch the shoots yourself in a timely manner.It can also absorb all moisture from the soil, and will not leave other plants.

This flower is very unpretentious in care and planting, you just need to comply with some conditions, as well as for all plants, and it will delight your eyes for many years.

Young saplings of climbing hydrangea are transplanted to a permanent place no earlier than three years of age, only at this age they will get strong enough and acquire frost resistance. The planting location of climbing hydrangea is also very important, the wrong choice of place will lead to late vegetation and flowering. It is necessary to protect the plant from sharp blowing winds, and from direct sunlight, otherwise the hydrangeas will dry out and die. Too shady, swampy areas will also not work. All hydrangeas do not like acidic soil, so you need to check this indicator first.

Climbing hydrangea: care

Climbing hydrangea: photo of flowers

If you have already chosen a place and planted the climbing hydrangea correctly, then the rest of the care features will not cause any trouble. Basically, it consists in correct and timely watering, feeding, pruning. We also remember that before reaching the age of three, the seedlings must be covered for the winter. But this does not apply to regions with a mild climate. Watering intensity depends on weather conditions and soil composition.

Excessive waterlogging should not be allowed, and if you notice crusts on the soil, then watering is not enough. Regularly need to be watered during flowering, top dressing. Additional care for climbing hydrangea is considered to be soil mulching, in this way the soil will retain moisture and nutrients for a longer time. When regulating the direction of the hydrangea, it is necessary to pinch unwanted shoots so that they do not grow in this direction. If you want to achieve growth in height, then you need to pinch on the sides, if in width, then pinch the tops. If the height of this surface is not sufficient, then additional supports must be installed. These techniques are called plant modeling and are not necessary maintenance measures, but simply optional if you want to get a beautiful decoration for your garden.

But pruning is a necessary care for climbing hydrangea. It is necessary to cut off the dead, dried out over the winter shoots and branches, this measure is necessary for the growth of new stems. Untimely pruning will lead to the fact that the dried and new branches are intertwined, and it will be impossible to separate them from each other, because the hydrangea is very strongly attached to its support. Excessive thickening should also not be allowed - this is a favorable environment for parasitic insects and other pests.

Another type of care for climbing hydrangea is top dressing, we add it during the period of active growth and during planting. Mineral fertilizers or bird droppings diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 are suitable. All top dressing must be completed at the end of August or at the beginning of September; we also stop abundant watering during this period. Preparation for winter should be started no later than two months before the onset of cold weather, when the temperature steadily drops to -2. During this period, young seedlings should already be reliably sheltered from all the vagaries of the weather: first, you need to mulch the soil under the plant, then remove the branches from the support and carefully lay them on the ground, throw spruce branches or straw on top, thus forming a small mound. It will not hurt to cover this mound with a film.

Conclusion

Climbing hydrangea: photo of flowers

Recently, climbing hydrangea has become a very popular type of gardening. They fell in love with her for her unpretentiousness and lack of difficulties in leaving. And the smell of this flower is similar to honey itself, the scent spreads throughout the garden. Hydrangea can decorate large areas of your garden, it will look fantastic live, after three to four years you will be convinced that growing a climbing hydrangea was your best solution.