Hydrangea Incredible treelike (Incrediball)

Abundantly flowering shrubs of hydrangea Incredible serve as decoration for any landscape. The plant is very effective, but unpretentious and requires a minimum of maintenance.

Description of bush hydrangea

The representative of tree hydrangeas is native to America. She came to Europe at the end of the 19th century. Today, many gardeners can boast of the presence on their site of lush Incredible bushes with large globular inflorescences that reach 0.4 m in diameter.The flowers initially have a white-green color, which gradually turns into snow-white. The shoots are so strong that they do not bend under massive inflorescences. Hydrangea leaves are large, dark green in color.

Hydrangea Incredible

Landing Incredible

The shrub is frost-hardy, so it can be used to decorate gardens, recreation areas, rockeries in the USDA zone: 5b (-23.3 C to -26.1 C). Treelike Hydrangea Incredible is immune to disease. When planting, it is necessary to take into account her love for soils:

• sufficiently saturated with moisture;
• well drained;
• fertile;
• loamy;
• sour.

Drought and alkaline soils are fatal to the plant.

Spectacular hydrangea inflorescences

Planting hydrangeas

Before planting a bush brought from the store, you should choose an area that is least exposed to the sun's rays. Hydrangea is one of those plants that painfully tolerate transplanting. To facilitate survival, it is worth following a number of rules:

1. Best of all, the plant takes root in partial shade.
2. The hole should be dug out based on the size of the root system.
3. Drainage and humus should be poured at the bottom of the hole, 1 tbsp each. l. urea and superphosphate.
4. When planting, add peat or a little earth from the coniferous forest to the soil to acidify the soil enough.
5. Mullein infusion can be used as an additional fertilizer. To do this, mix cow dung and water in a large container in a ratio of 1: 5. Insist for 3-5 days. After planting, the mullein is applied every ten days.
6. The final stage is the introduction of charcoal and sand into the soil.
7. To keep the moisture longer, the planting site must be mulched.
8. After planting, the plant needs watering. In the summer 2-3 times a week. In order not to form a crust on the surface of the soil, it must be loosened regularly. Watering with warm water should be continued until frost.

Reproduction methods

Any gardener knows at least three ways of plant propagation - seeds, cuttings, layering. Hydrangea tree Inkredibol is no exception. All three methods are applicable to its reproduction.

Sowing seeds into the soil is done in February. The sprouts that appear are separated, and in the spring they are planted in open ground. In the spring, you can start dividing the bushes so that after transplanting the plant has time to get stronger before the cold weather. Layers - young shoots are sprinkled with soil, leaving only the top on the surface. Only the next season, a young shoot that has taken root, is transplanted to a permanent place prepared for it.

Cuttings

The most popular way of propagation of hydrangeas is vegetative.Between March and June, you can select the top shoots 15 cm long and cut them at a 90 degree angle. The cuttings are treated with a stimulant to activate root growth and placed in moist soil. At first, they must be watered with a stimulant solution in accordance with the annotation on the package.

Hydrangea in landscape design

All-season hydrangea care

Hydrangea is a moisture-loving plant. Watering should be done at least once a week. Water consumption is about 20 liters of water for each adult bush. Cool water can be used for irrigation. If the days are hot, you need to water much more often.

Summer-spring feeding

It should be fed in three approaches:

• use compost in the spring;
• at the stage of bud maturation, feed with urea and potassium sulfate;
• use mineral supplements during flowering to increase flowering time.

Flowering period

During this important period for hydrangeas, the need for systematic loosening of the soil and constant watering increases. If the spring sanitary-correctional pruning of the bushes is done correctly before the start of sap flow, then the plant will delight with lush large peduncles. The inflorescences will be larger if strong shoots are left during the shearing, but in smaller quantities. Plant transplantation during this period is prohibited.

Preparing for the cold

Wintering is a dormant period. To help the plant withstand frosty weather, you should prepare a shelter for the root system of young bushes: cover the surface of the earth above the roots with breathable fabric and mulch. You can use spruce branches. If the upper part of the bush freezes, then new shoots will wake up with the arrival of spring.

This is what a healthy plant looks like.

Hydrangea health

Hydrangea tree Incrediball, like any plant, can be susceptible to disease. How to protect a plant from infestation by pests? They can be, for example, spider mites and leaf aphids. Their attack is not always immediately visible. To prevent the disease process at the initial stage, you should regularly examine the back of the leaves, especially young shoots. The presence of plaque, whitish spots, thin threads of cobweb means that it is time to start the fight. For this, insecticidal preparations are suitable.

For preventive purposes, you can use all kinds of folk remedies in the form of decoctions and solutions. If you plant a retinue of marigolds, lavender, tansy, mint or rosemary next to the hydrangea, then their aroma will scare off pests.

Proper care will help you enjoy the long-blooming and luxurious garden decoration - the Incrediball tree hydrangea almost all summer. Its inflorescences remain decorative even after they have faded.