Hydrangeas have been leading in the Polish gardens for many years, in which They delight with their colors and spherical or conical inflorescences. However, to make them bloom regularly and beautifully every season, they require proper care and care. In autumn, in the case of selected species of hydrangeas Pruning is a key treatment. How to make them correctly?
The biggest advantage is them long flowering period and an effective appearance. To make them such, they require care, including appropriate treatments, performed before the onset of winter. They will decide how hydrangeas in your garden will bloom next season.
Pruning plays a key role here. They release hydrangeas in the season New growths that uncontrollable thicken the bush, which means that the right amount of light does not reach the inside. Thus, the shoots of the plants weaken, and the plant releases less flowers and is more susceptible to diseases. In addition, pruning is a simple way to Hydrangea stimulation for releasing new and strong shoots in the seasonwhich in the spring will delight with their flowering.
Regular cutting of hydrangea for fall It will also allow you to control the shape of the plant and help it more calmly until the next season. However, it is important that the autumn trimming of hydrangeas, which are best done in September, It does not apply to every species, but only those that bloom on this year’s shoots. So certainly do not cut the popular garden hydrangea in autumn, because you will deprive it of next year’s flowers.
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Cutting hydrangea should be adapted to the individual species. Improperly made can harm the plantand this is rather every gardener wants to avoid. Therefore, it is important that Perform the autumn cut on varieties of hydrangea blooming on this year’s shoots. Cutting out older fragments will not affect the number of flowers, but will improve the health and condition of the plant.
So it’s good to get on with pruning bouquet hydrangeawhich blooms abundantly on annual shoots. Its inflorescences are large and durable, so this variety requires cropping to prevent excessive thickening of shoots. Cutting in this case consists in removal of weak and withered shootsas well as shortening the rest by up to half.
Another variety that can be trimmed is bushy hydrangea. It grows very quickly and certainly requires shorteningwithout worrying about removing flower buds for the next season. Pruning bushy hydrangea It is best to make up to 1/3 of the length of the bush, so that it will delight with its flowering next year.
In September, also take care of cutting down oak hydrangea, which, although it is not characterized by a fast growth rate, also requires this procedure. Pruning oak hydrangea involves a slight shortening of young shoots by 1/3 of the lengthas well as to remove broken and sick shoots. Short and cropped hydrangeas will be less exposed to damage than a strong wind or snow cover.
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