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Flowering plants are a decoration for any garden plot. Summer residents often create entire flower beds with perennial and annual flowers. Hydrangea Bouquet Rose will not only decorate the site, but will also fill the air with a pleasant, floral aroma.
Description of hydrangea Bouquet Rose
Getting to know the hydrangea Bouquet Rose must begin with varietal characteristics. This is a large-leaved shrub, with timely formative pruning it forms a ball shape up to 1.5 m high. The leaf blade is large, opposite, oblong. The upper surface is rough, velvety, bright olive color.
Large spherical inflorescences, up to 30 cm in diameter, are painted in snow-white pink, lilac, sky blue or violet. The color depends on the location of the bush and the acidity of the soil.Blue or pale pink flowering in 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 remain on the bush until the first frost
During flowering, the bush is covered with large, fragrant balls of delicate color. Therefore, this plant has gained popularity among gardeners. Having seen the first flowering, they acquire new varieties of hydrangeas and enjoy a long, beautiful growing season for many years.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose, like any garden plant, has positive and negative sides. The advantages include:
- long flowering;
- on one bush, flowers can be painted in different colors;
- large, spherical inflorescences;
- unpretentiousness in 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;
- average cold resistance;
- flowering on last year's buds.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose in landscape design
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is widely used in the design of a summer cottage. Thanks to its long flowering, tolerance to shaded areas, low maintenance and rapid reproduction, it is indispensable when planning a design. It will decorate the area in single plantings, next to other varieties of hydrangea, barberry and perennial herbaceous plants.
Properly combine hydrangea with spruce crops. Since in the fall, after many plants have faded, evergreen needles in combination with blooming hydrangea Bouquet Rose will please the eye even in cloudy weather.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is suitable for creating a hedge and will be an excellent background for a flower garden
Winter hardiness of hydrangea Bouquet Rose
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose does not have high winter hardiness. The shrub can withstand short frosts down to -18 °C, otherwise the shoots and roots freeze and are no longer restored. Therefore, in regions with warm winters, hydrangea feels great outdoors, but in places with harsh winters it needs shelter.
Planting and caring for hydrangea Bouquet Rose
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 novice gardeners can handle them.
Selection and preparation of a landing site
When choosing a place to plant hydrangea Bouquet Rose, it is important to remember that the plant is heat-loving and prefers slight partial shade, where open sun occurs only in the morning. When planted in an open place, the sun's rays burn the foliage and cause them to dry out.
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is planted on fertile acidified soil with good water and air permeability.
Landing rules
The planting time for hydrangea Bouquet Rose depends on the climatic growing conditions. 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:
- At the selected location, dig a hole according to the size of the root system.
- A drainage layer (expanded clay, broken brick, pebbles) is placed on the bottom.
- Next, peat is poured.
- The hole is spilled with a bucket of water.
- After the soil settles, a seedling is installed with the root system straightened in the center.
- The plant is sprinkled with nutritious soil, compacting each layer so that there is no air space left.
- The top layer is mulched with peat and watered generously.
In regions with an unstable climate, seedlings are brought into the ground only in the spring, after the soil has warmed up and spring frosts have ended.
Watering and fertilizing
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose does not tolerate dry soil well. Therefore, watering is carried out once a week, and in dry, hot summers, irrigation is done once every 3 days. Watering is necessary strictly at the root, otherwise drops of water falling on the inflorescences lead to the appearance of dark spots, as a result of which the plant loses its decorative appearance.
The plant needs fertilizing for long flowering. Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is fed with a mineral fertilizer complex. For blue and purple flowering, potassium should predominate in the fertilizer. Fertilizing is applied 3 times a season:
- in spring at the beginning of active growth;
- in summer during the formation of buds;
- in autumn during the formation of flower buds.
Pruning large leaf hydrangea 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 Bouquet Rose is not resistant to extreme cold, so it is better to cover the bush for the winter. For this:
- After flowering, pour a bucket of peat under the bush.
- The branches are twisted and wrapped in agrofibre.
- Burlap is put on top and secured to the ground with bricks.
Reproduction
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is propagated in 3 ways: seeds, cuttings and offsets.
Cuttings carried out after pruning. The 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 nutrient soil. For better rooting, cover the container with a glass jar and put it in a warm place. The rooted cuttings are planted in the new area in the spring after the end of frost.
Seed propagation the task is difficult and not suitable for beginner flower growers. To propagate hydrangea by seeds, planting material is sown in separate containers with nutrient soil and removed to the warmest place. Caring for seedlings involves timely watering and picking after 3-4 true leaves appear. Young seedlings are planted in open ground 3 years after sowing the seeds.
Reproduction by taps - the simplest and most effective method of reproduction. To do this, select a healthy shoot, which is located near the ground, and place it in a prepared trench, leaving the top above the ground. To accelerate root formation, a circular cut is made on the shoot and treated with a growth stimulator. After the plant has grown a powerful root system, it is separated from the mother bush and transplanted to a new location.
The rooted branch is replanted in the spring
Diseases and pests
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose rarely gets sick and is almost never attacked by insect pests. But if agrotechnical rules are not followed, you may encounter problems:
- Foliage dries - occurs when growing in the open sun and lack of moisture.
- The leaf plate turns yellow - lack of mineral fertilizer complex.
- Lack of inflorescences - flower buds froze in winter.
The following diseases may also appear on the plant:
- Chlorosis. Appears due to metabolic disorders and lack of iron in the soil. If treatment is not started, the plant will weaken, lose its decorative appearance, and flowering will stop. For prevention, iron-containing preparations are added to the soil; irrigation can only be carried out with settled water.
When infected, the leaf blade becomes lighter, but the veins remain dark.
- Gray rot. Dangerous fungal disease. When infected, the above-ground part becomes watery, dark spots appear on the foliage and stem, which dry out and fall out in dry weather. Treatment involves removing the affected areas.
Fungus spreads quickly in wet weather
- Ring spot. A viral disease that leads to the death of a plant. It can be recognized by its ring-shaped spots. With severe infection, the bush stops growing and developing.
The leaf blade becomes wrinkled and asymmetrical
In order to avoid problems, it is important to follow agricultural practices. If you follow all the recommendations, the shrub will show itself in all its glory and will decorate your garden plot for many years.
Conclusion
Hydrangea Bouquet Rose is a beautiful 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.
