Hydrangea Endless Summer

Hydrangea is a beautiful bushy ornamental garden plant, capable of producing lush flowers for almost a whole season. This shrub has several varieties: tree, petiolate, paniculate, large-leaved and others. In this article, we will talk about the large-leaved hydrangea, with its chic and bright inflorescences, and the ability to change its shade, depending on the composition of the soil for growing. And in more detail we will consider the variety - hydrangea Endless Summer.

General characteristics of large-leaved hydrangeas. Hydrangea Endless Summer

Photo of large-leaved hydrangea

Absolutely any sort of hydrangea is a perennial shrub that hibernates in open space and gives a beautiful view during the flowering period throughout the summer. But differences in different types of hydrangeas still exist, in the form of a shape, a color shade. But their main difference from each other is on what kind of shoots they bloom. Thanks to this, there are differences in their care. There are several varieties of hydrangea:

• Pereshkovaya. It looks like a weaving creeper that wraps around the supports standing vertically. Does not grow as a shrub in comparison with other species.
• Paniculata. Has the ability to blossom on new branches that have grown in the current season. The inflorescences are white and pyramidal in shape. That is why in the autumn they are engaged in pruning it, quite shortly, leaving to survive the winter period with warming only the roots of the plant.
• Tree-like. It is endowed with similar properties as the previous species, although it differs from it in the form and shade of the inflorescence. Has the ability to change color from white to green during one season.
• Large-leaved. Differs in rather bright rounded inflorescences. May bloom on last year's shoots. Such varieties do not need strong pruning. In the autumn period, it is imperative to cover not only the root system, but also branches, including, after bending them to the soil. Because buds are formed on these branches in the future, from which, respectively, after removing the shelter in the spring, flowers will form. It is imperative to keep the kidney from freezing. Otherwise, there will be no flowers, although new lashes will be built up.

Among large-leaved hydrangeas, the Endless Summer variety has won special love and popularity. It differs primarily in the fact that flowers form on absolutely all shoots, even on new ones, even on last year's ones. This can only mean the bottom, that with quality plant care, it will give a lush and abundant color throughout the season, from the very beginning of summer to late autumn. This variety has another name - Endless Summer.

Large-leaved hydrangea Endless summer: variety description

Hydrangea Endless Summer: photo

An important feature of the large-leaved hydrangea Endless Summer is to give color more than once during the summer. Of course, this is not a natural feature of the hydrangea, but the successful fruit of the labors of the scientists who bred it. The first time garden hydrangea Endless summer begins to bloom at the beginning of summer, and the next flowering occurs in the middle of the summer period and continues until the beginning of the winter cold.

Thanks to this fact, this hydrangea is a favorite plant of our gardeners.An important circumstance of such love and fame among gardeners is that this hydrangea is able to change the shade of its flowers. This is due to the specific composition of the growing soil, which farmers easily learned to change for their own purposes.

Plus to all that has been said, this variety does not need colossal and laborious care. He will feel great with the usual care of him.

Planting hydrangea Endless summer

Photo of hydrangea varieties Endless Summer

First of all, before planting, take care of choosing the right site for it. It should have enough sun and no drafts. After that, you should:

• Dig up the place chosen for growing this shrub fairly well, removing all the weeds growing there in one go.
• Add organic fertilizing to the soil, such as: compost, humus, turf, peat.
• Prepare the plant well. The size is such that the root system of the seedling can easily fit there, without any kind of twisting and bending.
• Place a layer of drainage on the bottom of the hole, which is very important for good cultivation. In the form of drainage, small stones can be used, they will not allow stagnation of water to happen.
• The hole is watered with water, since it is extremely important to plant the plant in moist soil.
• Dip the seedling into the hole, carefully spreading out the root system of the young bush. Sprinkle it with nutritious soil, while tamping it down a little. Water the planted seedling and mulch the soil on top.
• Keep an eye on the plant and soil for the first few weeks after planting. It should not dry out, so irrigate if necessary. The laid out mulch will help retain some of the moisture in the soil.

Basic rules for care

Hydrangea Endless Summer: photo

For the garden hydrangea of ​​the Endless Summer series, as for the perfect plant, timely care is required. Moreover, care measures with their own characteristics should be applied to each species. Consider the care conditions required to grow this species:

• Take seriously site selection for the growth of this shrub. It should be chosen taking into account all the needs of the plant. Namely: with sufficient lighting and sheltered from gusty winds. But it is worth considering that direct sunlight hitting the plant at lunchtime can harm it: leave a burn. Therefore, it is important that the landing site is located so that the sun illuminates the hydrangea in the morning and in the afternoon.
• Plant-friendly soil composition... Absolutely all types of this shrub want to grow in slightly acidic or acidic soil. Calcareous soils are an extremely bad option for them. Keep this in mind when feeding with a specific fertilizer composition. Although these shrubs treat moisture well, stagnation of water at the roots must be avoided so that there is no rot infestation. Based on this, a site located in the lowlands will also be a poor option for hydrangeas. Low elevation is the best option.
• Regular treatments glaze... As already mentioned, all these shrubs are very fond of moisture, but not an overabundance of it, remember this. You need to carefully monitor the condition of the soil at the roots. It should always be hydrated. This is especially true for young plants that have just been planted in a new place of growth.
• Mandatory procedure feeding fertilizers, especially those based on potassium. In the summer season, superphosphate is introduced into the soil, which is also very important for this shrub. If your goal is to change the color of the inflorescences, then you need to add ammonium sulfate to the soil of the growing hydrangea. But only after the first flowering period, when the inflorescences of the plant will be pink.When performing such a top dressing around the middle of summer, as a result, in the next flowering period, the hydrangea will delight you with a blue tint of the inflorescences.

In addition to all of the above, this plant requires regular loosening along with weeding from weeds, which spoil the appearance of this shrub and take away nutrients and moisture from it. Therefore, do not forget about this procedure, which is also considered extremely important for the growth and development of hydrangeas.

Hydrangea Endless summer: pruning and maintenance rules

Photo of hydrangea varieties Endless Summer

You will not feel any particular difficulty in caring for the hydrangea of ​​the Endless Summer series, it is completely similar to the care of other varieties of this shrub. In order for your plant to grow and develop perfectly, as well as delight you with its excellent and gorgeous flowering, you just need to timely carry out such actions as loosening, watering and weeding, and of course complex feeding.

The most important thing in the care is the procedure for pruning hydrangea Endless summer and warming the bush for the winter. Just keep in mind that it is absolutely impossible to cut this shrub too much, since future inflorescences can be cut off along with the branches. Accordingly, there can be no question of any decorative effect. This procedure should be carried out by an already very overgrown shrub.

In the first years of life, there is no need to form bushes and cut them off. It is necessary for them to grow whips at a calm pace. Numerous flower buds will form on them in the future. The procedure for pruning hydrangea Endless Summer should be carried out as follows:

• In the autumn period of the year, all dried and damaged branches are cut to the very base, and with them the old stems, which have ceased to bloom. You can not start the plant until it thickens.
• The remaining branches are shortened, but not much.
• Before the first frosts, long stems are bent to the soil, after having placed a heater under them, it can be plywood, board or cardboard. And from above, these stems are covered with a special material that can allow air to pass through, sprinkle with fallen leaves.
• This entire structure must be well secured, for example, with metal arcs. This is done so that the wind cannot blow off all the leaves until the first snow falls.

With the arrival of spring, as soon as it gets warmer, this shelter should be removed from the bush, as the stems can dry out. After all, moisture and sun, if we take into account the presence of shelter, can destroy flower buds.

When grown in places where severe frosts are observed at night, the shelter should not be removed immediately, but gradually. But when the moment comes when the sun has already begun to warm enough, the covering material, along with the foliage, must be completely removed from the shrub. In this case, the stems should not be lifted. They will rise on their own and assume the position that they themselves need.

Next, you should cut off the frozen shoots of hydrangea varieties Endless Summer. Moreover, this must be done to the very tissue of the living, so that a situation does not arise when the plant becomes ill due to rot of the branches that thaw.

Conclusion

Garden hydrangea Endless summer is considered a fairly uncomplicated crop to grow and care for. Subject to some of the features described above, this shrub will delight you with a beautiful and chic appearance. It will decorate absolutely any personal plot during the whole season. Important actions are:

• Loosening, weeding and adequate moisture.
• Create a good shelter for the winter.
• Cut dry and damaged branches very carefully, even in the spring, even in the autumn.
• Timely clean up the shelter at the onset of spring.

Do not forget about these conditions, and then throughout the season you will be delighted with this hydrangea.