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Flowering plants are the decoration of any personal plot. Summer residents often set up whole flower beds with perennial and annual flowers. Hydrangea Rose Bouquet will not only decorate the site, but also fill the air with a pleasant, floral aroma.
Description of Hydrangea Bouquet Rose
Acquaintance with hydrangea Rose Bouquet must begin with varietal characteristics. This is a large-leaved shrub, with timely shaping pruning, it forms a ball up to 1.5 m high. The leaf plate is large, opposite, oblong in shape. The upper surface is rough, velvety, bright olive in color.
Large spherical inflorescences, up to 30 cm in diameter, are painted in snow-white pink, lilac, sky blue or purple. The color depends on the location of the bush and the acidity of the soil. The blue or pale pink bloom of the large-leaved hydrangea bouquet rose occurs on soil with high acidity, lilac and beige flowers appear when growing on alkaline soil. Flowering is long and lasting.
The first buds appear at the ends of the shoots in June in the third year after planting and stay on the bush until the first frost
During flowering, the shrub is covered with large, fragrant balls of delicate color. Therefore, this plant has gained popularity among flower growers. Seeing the first flowering, they acquire new varieties of hydrangeas and enjoy a long, beautiful vegetation for many years.
Hydrangea Rose Bouquet, like any garden plant, has positive and negative sides. The pluses include:
- long flowering;
- flowers on one bush can be painted in different colors;
- large, spherical inflorescences;
- unpretentious cultivation.
Disadvantages of the variety:
- for abundant flowering, growth and development, the bush must be watered abundantly;
- to acidify the soil, the soil is mulched with peat;
- medium cold hardiness;
- flowering on last year's buds.
Hydrangea Rose Bouquet in landscape design
Hydrangea Rose Bouquet is widely used in the design of the suburban area. Due to long flowering, tolerance for shaded areas, ease of maintenance and rapid reproduction, it is indispensable when planning a design. Will decorate the site in single plantings, next to other varieties of hydrangea, barberry and perennial herbaceous plants.
Competently combine hydrangea with spruce crops. Since in the fall, after many plants have faded, evergreen needles in combination with blooming hydrangea Rose Bouquet will delight the eye even in cloudy weather.
Hydrangea Rose Bouquet is suitable for creating a hedge, will be an excellent background for a flower garden
Winter hardiness of hydrangea Rose Bouquet
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose does not have high winter hardiness. The shrub can withstand short-term frosts down to -18 ° C, otherwise the shoots and roots freeze out and no longer recover. Therefore, in regions with warm winters, hydrangea feels great outdoors, and in places with harsh winters, it needs shelter.
Planting and caring for hydrangea Rose Bouquet
In order for the plant to bloom, grow and develop well, it is important to know the rules of planting and care. They are not complicated, and even beginner growers can handle them.
Selection and preparation of the landing site
When choosing a place for planting a Rose Bouquet hydrangea, it is important to remember that the plant is thermophilic and prefers a slight partial shade, where the open sun is only in the morning. When landing in an open place, the rays of the sun burn the foliage and lead to their drying out.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is planted on fertile acidified soil with good water and air permeability.
Landing rules
Planting time for hydrangea Rose Bouquet depends on the climatic conditions of cultivation. In the south of the country, it is planted in early spring or autumn, a month before the onset of cold weather. In order for the bush to grow, bloom and develop, you need to follow the planting rules:
- A hole is dug at the selected place according to the size of the root system.
- A drainage layer (expanded clay, broken brick, pebbles) is laid on the bottom.
- Next, peat is poured.
- The hole is spilled with a bucket of water.
- After the soil subsides, a seedling is installed with a straightened root system in the center.
- Sprinkle the plant with nutritious soil, compacting each layer so that there is no air space left.
- The top layer is mulched with peat and spilled abundantly.
In regions with an unstable climate, seedlings are taken out into the ground only in spring, after the soil warms up and the spring frosts end
Watering and feeding
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose does not tolerate arid soil. Therefore, watering is carried out once a week, and in a dry, hot summer, irrigation is done every 3 days. Watering is necessary strictly at the root, otherwise the drops of water falling on the inflorescences lead to the appearance of dark spots, as a result, the plant loses its decorative appearance.
Plant feeding is needed for long flowering. Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is fed with a mineral fertilizer complex. For blue and purple flowering, potassium should prevail in fertilizers. Top dressing is applied 3 times a season:
- in the spring at the beginning of active growth;
- in the summer during the formation of buds;
- in the fall, during the budding period.
Pruning Hydrangea Large Leaf Bouquet Rose
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose blooms on last year's shoots, so the bush does not need pruning for the winter. Also, experts do not recommend pruning faded inflorescences. It is better to do this procedure in the spring, since during cold weather they will be able to save flower and vegetative buds from severe frosts.
Preparing for winter
Large-leaved hydrangea Rose Bouquet is not resistant to extreme cold, so it is better to cover the bush for the winter. For this:
- After flowering, a bucket of peat is poured under the bush.
- The branches are twisted and wrapped with agrofibre.
- Burlap is put on top, which is fixed to the ground with bricks.
Reproduction
Hydrangea Rose Bouquet is propagated in 3 ways: by seeds, cuttings and branches.
Cuttings carried out after pruning. Prepared shoots are divided into cuttings 10-15 cm long. Planting material with 2 internodes is kept in a root former and planted at an acute angle in a cup with nutritious soil. For better rooting, the container is covered with a glass jar and removed to a warm place. The rooted cutting is planted in the new area in the spring after the end of the frost.
Seed reproduction the job is difficult and not suitable for novice florists. To propagate the hydrangea by seeds, planting material is sown in separate containers with nutrient soil and harvested in the warmest place.Caring for seedlings consists in timely watering and picking after the appearance of 3-4 real leaves. Young seedlings are planted in open ground for 3 years after sowing the seeds.
Reproduction by branches - the simplest and most effective breeding method. To do this, choose a healthy shoot, which is located near the ground, and put it in a prepared trench, leaving the top above the ground. To accelerate root formation on the shoot, a circular incision is made and treatment is carried out with a growth stimulator. After the plant grows a powerful root, the system is separated from the mother bush and transplanted to a new place.
The rooted branch is transplanted in the spring
Diseases and pests
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose rarely gets sick and is almost never attacked by pests. But if the agrotechnical rules are not followed, you may encounter problems:
- Foliage dries up - occurs when it grows in the open sun and lack of moisture.
- The leaf plate turns yellow - a lack of a mineral fertilizer complex.
- Lack of inflorescences - flower buds froze out in winter.
The following diseases may also appear on the plant:
- Chlorosis. It appears due to metabolic disorders and a lack of iron in the soil. If you do not start treatment, the plant will weaken, lose its decorative appearance, and the flowering will stop. For prevention, iron-containing preparations are introduced into the soil; irrigation can only be carried out with settled water.
When infected, the leaf plate brightens, and the veins remain dark
- Gray rot. Dangerous fungal disease. When infected, the ground part becomes watery, dark spots appear on the foliage and stem, which dry out and fall out in dry weather. Remedy consists in removing the affected areas.
The fungus spreads quickly in wet weather
- Ring spot. A viral disease that leads to the death of the plant. It can be recognized by ring-shaped spots. With a strong infection, the bush stops growing and developing.
The leaf plate becomes wrinkled and asymmetrical
In order not to face problems, it is important to follow agricultural practices. If all the recommendations are followed, the shrub will show itself in all its glory and will become a decoration of the personal plot for many years.
Conclusion
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is a flowering, perennial shrub. By choosing the right place and carrying out timely care, you can get spherical inflorescences of blue, pink and purple flowers. Large-leaved hydrangea looks great in single plantings and next to perennial shrubs.
