Flower hydrangea. Cultivation

The hydrangea flower is a semi-shrubby, perennial plant with ovate large serrated leaves located opposite. It has large globular inflorescences reaching in diameter of 30 cm. Inflorescences of various varieties can be racemose, thyroid or umbelliform, consisting of flowers, having instead of petals a lot of sepals of blue, white, lilac, pink or red shades. The fruits that are formed after flowering hydrangeas, are a multi-seeded box.

The flower hydrangea begins to bloom in late February. In late March, this process is becoming massive. Pleasure with its flowering plant can be from one and half to two months. At this time it should be protected from the bright rays of the sun, as it is considered shade-tolerant. Most of the time the flower prefers to be outdoors (open verandah, balcony, loggia, garden). With the onset of autumn hydrangeas should be moved to a cool place in the house, and with the arrival of winter frosts - in a warm place.

Flower hydrangea - a plant that is well cultivated in the garden and the house for many years. And his name is given in honor of Hortensia Lepot, a woman who made a journey around the globe, which survived the shipwreck and later became a famous astronomer. The native land of the plant is Japan, China.

Features

Indoor plants hydrangeas like cool, well-lit rooms, but without scorching sun rays. On the sheets, touching the window glass, even burns appear. To accelerate flowering, the plant needs lightening from 17 to 22 hours per 300 watts. Daytime lamps accelerate flowering by 20 days, mirror lamps by 30.

The flower hydrangea in the end of winter is transferred to a bright room with a temperature of up to +15 degrees and is regularly watered.

For planting a plant it is more correct to buy a ready-made substrate in the store ("Senopolia", "Azalia", "Begonia"). But you can take a mixture of leaf and sod land, adding sand and peat. Suitable hydrangeas and peaty weakly acid substrate. These flowers like moisture, so they should be regularly sprayed and watered. Water should be well-settled and soft. But it's in hot months. In winter, the plant should be watered only twice, that is, once a month and a half. In the summer months, every two weeks you need to feed it with mineral fertilizers. On a bucket of water - 30 g of potassium sulphate, 30 g of ammonium nitrate , superphosphate 40 g. The abundant watering and top dressing are carried out until mid-August, after which the fertilizing stops at all, and watering is carried out at a minimum to stop vegetative growth and contribute to the budding of flowers. Weak shoots and radical shoots are simply removed.

The middle of September is the transplant time. From the open soil, the flower is transplanted into pots and cleaned in a cellar or in a greenhouse. The autumn-winter period for this plant is the time of hibernation at a temperature of 3-6 degrees. In the middle of December it is placed in greenhouses and up to two weeks it is provided with a temperature of +12 degrees, then gradually increasing to +20.

Flower hydrangea - photo

And let the beauty of this flower bring you joy and aesthetic pleasure!