Transplanting a garden hydrangea from one place to another.

Hydrangea is a beautiful perennial shrub that has become very popular recently. It has become very often used in landscape design in order to decorate your garden. This shrub has many advantages among its fellows. Firstly, it blooms for a very long time, secondly it grows quite large and in the third it is not whimsical at all. It can be propagated in several simple ways, after which it will begin to grow rapidly, actively develop and bloom with beautiful, large inflorescences. His colors can be completely different, white, pink, red and even blue, and the intensity of the color depends on how acidic the soil is in your area. It is very important for hydrangeas to grow warm in a well-lit area, and they love moisture very much, so watering should be moderate and regular. It is from where on your site it will grow that its flowering depends. If you have any problems with flowering, blooms little, blooms late, or very few flowers, all this suggests that you have not chosen the right place and the bush needs to be transplanted as soon as possible. The hydrangea transplant procedure will be discussed in this article.

The best time to transplant

Autumn is perfect for transplanting hydrangeas, the very beginning. In this case, the bush will have time to take root and get stronger before the first frosts begin. Hydrangea can also be transplanted in spring. April is good for this. It was at this time that the earth was already warmed up enough to start a transplant. Any time for transplanting is equally suitable for this shrub, but has its own nuances. Autumn is a rather dangerous time in the sense that the bushes may simply not have time to take root, because the frosts may start too early. The hydrangea has many frost-resistant varieties, but this does not give any guarantees, because the plant is still weakened at this time. The bushes must be prepared for winter and properly insulated. Mulch and cover with cellophane wrap. But after the autumn transplant, this spring the bush will begin to bloom. But with a spring flower transplant, you can wait only for the next year.

Spring transplant

The spring transplant also has its own characteristics and concerns. For example, spring frosts may return at the wrong time. Because of this, the root system of the plant may freeze slightly. If this happened, then there are only two options, either it will recover over time, or it will simply die. With the option, the restoration of flowering and so on will be much later than the due date. It is because of this danger that most gardeners choose the beginning of autumn for transplanting bushes. In the summer, it is generally not advisable to transplant a shrub, since the plant already spends a lot of energy on flowering, so it will be much more difficult for it to recover and take root in a new place. In the case of such a transplant, the bush may stop blooming altogether for several years. It is in the summertime for the propagation of hydrangeas that it is best to cut off layers and cuttings, then they will have time to take root and will be ready for autumn planting.

Of course, in the spring, hydrangea can still be transplanted, but in this case, all the nuances must be taken into account. If everything is done correctly, then the bushes will be able to take root well and in the near future they will delight you with excellent and beautiful flowering.

If the transplanting process is carried out correctly, then the plant will recover quickly enough and get used to the new place.But do not forget that you need to transplant the shrub before the buds begin to bloom on it.

How to seat

There are several ways to transplant hydrangeas: this can be done as a whole bush. This is mainly done when the plant is combined with other flowers or transplanted to another place in more suitable conditions. To do this, a planting pit is prepared in advance in a new place, the bush is carefully completely dug out so as not to damage the root system, and together with the old soil on the roots, it is rearranged into a new pit. Then they are covered with earth, tamped well and watered abundantly. You can also transplant a hydrangea by dividing the bush. For this, new pits are also initially prepared. A large bush is dug up and divided into several parts so that each part has a sufficiently powerful root system. After dividing, new bushes can be immediately planted in planting pits. During planting, the roots of the plant must be carefully straightened. And do not forget that in no case should the root collar be buried. also hydrangea can be easily planted by cuttings. In this case, the cuttings must be prepared in advance. To do this, cut them from annual shoots no more than 15 cm long. No more than 4 leaves should remain on each cuttings. After cutting, the cuttings should stand in the water until they have roots. After their appearance, the cuttings must be planted in the ground and must be covered to create the climate they need. Every day, the shelter must be removed and the cuttings ventilated. After a while, they will take root, and the shelter can be removed completely.

Hydrangeas can also be propagated simply by layering. To do this, you need at the very beginning of spring, before the buds bloom, the lower young shoots near the bush are bent to the ground and approximately in the middle of the shoot they are covered with earth. The soil that is poured on the shoot must always be moistened. Next year, the cuttings will already give their shoots, and it can be cut off from an adult bush and transplanted to a new place.

How to properly prepare a plant

To transplant a plant, you need to decide in advance on the place where it will grow for many years. To do this, first of all, you need to pay special attention: illumination. Hydrangea is very fond of light, therefore it should grow in a bright place, but the light should be diffused, not direct. Direct sunlight only harms the plant, and this affects the full development and flowering. And the effect is far from the best.

Hydrangea loves warmth very much, so you also need to pay attention to the temperature. Even with the weakest frosts, the bushes can begin to freeze slightly, so if the period of cold weather has come, then the bushes need to be covered.

You should also pay attention to the composition of the land on your site. Hydrangea is very fond of acidic soils. And the more acidic the earth is, the more intense the color of the inflorescences will be. Mostly hydrangea blooms with white flowers, but the color can easily change from the composition of the earth. Also, over time, during the season, flowers can also gradually change their color, which in itself is an original and unusual phenomenon. Whether the soil is acidic enough on your site can be understood by the flowering of the shrub, and if something is not enough, this can be quickly corrected by adding the necessary fertilizing to it.

Moisture is also very important in growing hydrangeas. Basically, the air humidity is always standard, although hydrangea loves humidity very much, but it should be watered sparingly. And certainly water should not stagnate on the site. This threatens that the roots of the plant can very quickly begin to rot.

The transplant process itself

When you start replanting your plant, the planting hole must be prepared in advance. Exactly what size your pit will be in a straight line depends on how old the bush will be planted.If your shrub is younger than three years old, then a hole half a meter both wide and deep is quite enough for it. But if the bush is older than three years, but younger than five, then the hole should be about a meter. Well, if the bushes are older than five years, then the hole needs to be dug about one and a half meters.

The pit is always prepared in advance and half filled with a specially prepared mixture of earth, sand, peat and black soil. It is imperative to lay drainage at the bottom of the pit.

When you have decided which bush you will transplant, in the spring it must be cut off so that it is not thick. In order for the bush to be conveniently transplanted later, young shoots can simply be tied together. The ground around the bush must be carefully dug in so as not to damage the roots of the plant. It is necessary to pull out and transplant the bush together with the earth, which will be on the roots of the plant. The bush is placed in the center of the planting pit, carefully covered with earth and compacted, after which it must be watered abundantly. Again, do not forget that you cannot bury the bush.

If the hydrangea is transplanted in the spring, then it is not necessary to water it immediately after the transplant. This can only be done after a couple of days. With a spring transplant, this condition is necessary so that the root system does not overcool. In principle, the hydrangea transplant is not very different from each other, but still the spring has its own nuances that the autumn planting does not have: the shoots of the bush do not need to be cut off, pruning is done only for those branches that have already dried up. In the fall, you need to water the plant immediately after transplanting, but in the spring you need to wait a few days and only then water the plant.

In the spring, and, in principle, in the fall after the transplant, it is not necessary to make additional fertilizing. This will provoke the growth of new shoots, and the not yet strong plant, instead of spending energy on taking root and taking root well, will be distracted by these shoots. Accordingly, all processes will occur later.

After you have transplanted your bushes, you need to organize regular watering, it should be twice a week. The water must always be of normal, warm enough temperature, because cold water will only stress the plant. All plants need to be watered either in the morning or in the evening. It is definitely impossible to do this during the day, because in the hot sun the plant can burn. It is imperative to loosen the ground around the bush at least once a week. This is done so that oxygen can flow to the root system. The more often you loosen the soil, the less often you will need to remove weeds from it. Mulching is also good for this. Immediately after transplanting the hydrangea, there is absolutely no need for feeding, but while the buds begin to form, fertilizer will still need to be applied. Complex mineral fertilizers, which are sold in any gardening store, are perfect for feeding at this time.

When the transplanted plant gives the first young leaves, we can safely assume that it is completely rooted, has taken root and feels good. Accordingly, it will grow perfectly in a new place, delighting you with its long and abundant flowering.