Winter hardy hydrangea varieties

The stunning appearance of this plant is amazing and delightful - large inflorescences envelop strong shrubs from spring to autumn. Beautiful inflorescences usually change their color towards the end of the flowering process, most of the varieties change the color of the petals to greenish or snow-white - the flower bed with this plant always looks amazing. Hydrangea is considered a treasure for a garden located in a shaded place, non-capricious herbaceous plants grow well in partial shade, amaze with an abundant annual flowering process. Most of the summer residents did not dare to buy this plant for their garden, explaining this by the fact that the herbaceous capricious, needs careful agricultural technology and does not tolerate the winter season well, but these thoughts do not correspond to reality. Among these plants there are varieties of hydrangea that do not ask for special conditions for cultivation and tolerate winter seasons well, it is with such varieties that we will now get acquainted.

Pitfalls during the winter season: should a plant be planted at this time?

Our country has a huge territory, which means that the climate within its limits is noticeably different. Speaking about the cultivation of this plant, we will not mention the warmer regions, it is in them that the herbaceous one shows itself in all its glory and all its advantages, greens city streets and private plots, shocks neighbors with huge original flowers.

Is it possible to achieve exactly the same indicators in the third and fourth climatic zones, in which the temperature indicator in the winter season quietly reaches minus twenty degrees and minus forty-one degrees? From the very beginning, it is thought that the answer is obvious and it is negative, but the probability of herbaceous freezing out decreases due to the large snow cover that falls on Russian soils in large quantities every year. Under a thick layer of snow, this plant will tolerate the winter season well.

For herbaceous, cultivated in the fresh air in regions with long harsh winter seasons, there is also a list of factors, half of which help the herbaceous to cope well with the winter season. However, the summer resident will also be able to help his plants to endure the winter season by performing several preparatory procedures:

- insulation of the root system - for this action it is possible to use spruce branches, wood shavings, fallen leaves, peat soil, a special protective material.

- Shelter of the ground part of the herbaceous - pressing the stems to the soil, then cover them (carefully for grapes and other plants with vines), roofing material, polyethylene, a snow layer, earth, foam. The establishment of special boxes for the shelter of single shrubs and trees, the establishment of a common box with the subsequent shelter of herbaceous ones (most often used in a rose garden).

- in advance the preparation of herbaceous plants for the winter season, approximately from the end of the summer season. Moisture is reduced so that the wood matures and endures the winter season, and special fertilizers are produced with potassium.

- making a layer of mulch - mulching can perfectly cover the root system from the cold.

- snow retention and protection by it is one of the simplest protection against cold.Snow perfectly protects the root system of all kinds of grassy ones, which is why it is used to protect the territory near the trunk.

Regardless of the difficult climatic conditions, a number of factors are known that affect the decrease in the likelihood of freezing out of herbaceous plants that endure the winter season. If we talk about the cultivation of this plant, then it is worth selecting varieties with a high level of resistance to cold winter seasons.

Hydrangea varieties with a high level of cold resistance exist

The unusual known hydrangea has inflorescences in the form of a ball or brushes with a varied color palette, especially varieties with two colors are known. Herbaceous is so popular due to its specificity to change the color of the petals depending on the acidity of the earth - summer residents will be able to independently manage this action, changing the color of the inflorescences. Among the known varieties of this plant, it is possible to distinguish herbaceous and capricious, resistant to cold winter seasons, not tolerating cold winter seasons in the fresh air, but they grow well and produce the flowering process in containers.

This plant is in the first place in the lists for the level of resistance to cold

Herbaceous tall with unusual brush-shaped inflorescences of various colors, appearing on the branches this year. This variety of this plant is more suitable for cultivation in three to four climatic zones for two reasons:

- in the winter season, herbaceous tolerates low temperatures up to minus twenty-eight degrees.

- Enough to produce a strong cover of the root system just before the winter season, because in this variety the flowering process begins on the branches that appear in the spring season. If in the autumn season to make an incomplete pruning of the crown, it is not bad to insulate some of the roots, then the plant holds well in regions with cold winter seasons.

At this time, companies provide a huge range of varieties of this plant with unusual colors:

photo: winter-hardy varieties of hydrangea

- Vanilla snow

Elongated (up to thirty centimeters) with inflorescences in the form of brushes have a raspberry and vanilla color at the same time. An unusual and rich combination of colors allows the use of shrubs in the formation of fashionable landscape designs.

- Pink diamond

The pinkish brushes of this variety are slightly similar to pink lilacs. A large number of inflorescences are formed on the branches from the first summer month to the first autumn month.

- Pink Lady

The snow-white and pinkish clusters of inflorescences have a subtle floral scent. The variety is perfect for planting aromas in the garden.

- Sunday chill

A variety that takes up little space grows no more than one hundred and twenty centimeters. A strong flowering process begins from the first summer month. The clusters of inflorescences are large, about thirty centimeters, the color of the inflorescences is purple and pinkish at the same time. An excellent variety, ideal for cultivation in partial shade and in a sunny area.

This plant as a tree

A powerful shrub of high growth can grow up to one hundred and fifty centimeters, the crown is spreading, large. Flowers in the form of balls up to twenty-five centimeters wide enter the inflorescences. This variety of this herb has the highest level of resistance to cold - herbaceous stunningly tolerates the winter season in the fresh air at minus forty degrees, it is advised to cultivate in three to four climatic zones. It is possible to insulate the root system of the herbaceous snow layer. In the catalog two thousand and eighteen, this plant as a tree can be purchased with the variety anabel with snow-white inflorescences.

Do I need to plant varieties of hydrangeas in the middle lane of our country?

The variety that loves warmth the most is the large-leaved one. In recent years, the newest varieties with a high level of resistance to cold have been obtained, which makes it possible to cultivate herbaceous in the fresh air with protection for the winter season, following the criteria for preparing the bush for the winter season. The variety, when cultivated in the open air, does not withstand low temperatures in the winter season not lower than minus twenty degrees.

In areas with cold winter seasons, all the time there is a chance to plant your favorite herb in containers. For the summer season, containers with this herbaceous are moved to the garden, used for making decorative details, decorating paths, making catchy corners in places with a shadow in the area where this plant takes root well with ferns and hosts. In the winter season, containers with herbaceous plants are placed in greenhouses or cellars, or they continue to cultivate shrubs in indoor realities, where the plant serves as an excellent decoration for the site. This variety is usually cultivated in flower containers for decorating indoor spaces.

Do you live in regions with cold winter seasons, but want to cultivate a large-leaved plant? No problem - start cultivating in containers. Fine herbaceous grows well in containers, delighting in the excellent and abundant flowering process every year. The growth of a shrub is no more than one hundred and fifty centimeters, herbaceous in containers most often reaches sixty - ninety centimeters, increasing in diameter. For the summer season, containers with plants are transferred to the garden, in the winter season they are moved to be kept in cellars or greenhouses, or they continue to cultivate shrubs in indoor realities.

For good cultivation of a large-leaved hydrangea variety in containers, it is worth knowing that herbaceous requires a special soil with an increased acidity level. If it is not possible to buy ready-made soil, it is possible to make a mixture for planting with your own hands, mixing peat soil, sand, rotted needle sawdust and crushed pine bark. A layer of expanded clay drainage is placed on the bottom of the container. Herbaceous plants need good hydration, especially during the summer season. They feed herbaceous with a special composition (it is possible to use fertilizer for rhododendrons and azaleas). Herbaceous is stored in partial shade or under diffused sunlight. The eastern and northeastern sides of the territory are perfect.

The color of the inflorescences of this plant differs in a varied color palette, the most famous varieties:

- bluish:

nicoble (from one hundred and twenty centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

blueboddance (height one hundred and fifty centimeters).

blue (from one hundred centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

- pinkish:

Madam emily muiller (shrub growing from one hundred centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

- reddish:

ed miss heppburn (shrub growth from one hundred centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

rothkellchen (growth from one hundred centimeters to one hundred twenty-five centimeters)).

- snow-white:

Variety of white (growth from one hundred centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

- two colors:

blaummays (lilac inflorescences).

camele (growth from one hundred centimeters to one hundred and fifty centimeters).

All of the above varieties of hydrangea can be safely ordered in online stores. It is recommended to plant a plant in the spring season, which means it is still possible to have time to increase your collection of decorative flowers of extraordinary appearance.