Garden hydrangeasare one of the most popular ornamental shrubs. Their sumptuous, large flowers adorn the shaded corners of gardens and terraces. It is worth finding outhow to make garden hydrangea seedlingsto enlarge the collection of these shrubs yourself. We advisewhen to reproduce hydrangeas , what is needed for this, how to collect cuttings and how to take care of them so thathydrangea reproductionis successful!
Garden hydrangea seedlings in pots
Garden hydrangea is most often propagatedby herbaceous (non-woody) cuttings. Another way to reproduce garden hydrangea is to sow seeds. However, from a practical point of view, propagation from cuttings is simpler, brings results faster and is more often successful in amateur cultivation conditions. Therefore, this is the method of reproduction of hydrangeas that we will focus on.
When to collect garden hydrangea seedlings?
Take herbaceous cuttings from the garden hydrangea from June to Augustand plant them in frame boxes, where they quickly root. The seedlings must remain in the frames all year round and may only be planted in the garden bed the next spring.The herbaceous cuttings of hydrangeas take root quickly , however, they usually grow slowly and rarely reach a height of more than 30 cm in the first year.
How to pick garden hydrangea seedlings?
Garden hydrangea seedlings are cut from the soft, still growing shoots under the second pair of leaves . They should be about 15 cm long. Remove the bottom pair of leaves and shorten the top one to half.
How to plant garden hydrangea seedlings?
Saplings of garden hydrangea are planted in frame boxesfilled with a mixture of peat, sand and heather earth in the ratio (1: 1: 1), and then stored in the inspection at 24 ° C . Before planting, the tip of the seedling is immersed in a rooting for herbaceous (non-lignified) cuttings.After placing the seedling in the substrate, lightly water the plants
How to cultivate garden hydrangea seedlings?
Garden hydrangea seedlings are sensitiveto too high s alt concentration in the substrate, therefore we must use very soft water (decant, preferably rainwater) to water them. The seedlings must not wilt. But excessive watering causes them to rot, soregularly observe the seedlings and adjust the water doses to the needs of the plants
Rooted hydrangea cuttings should overwinter in a frost-free place . After the leaves fall, sprinkle them with dry peat up to the tops.
In the spring of the following year, when it is time to plant the flowerbed,harden the hydrangea seedlings , gradually getting them used to lower temperatures and stronger sunlight. For this purpose, we open the frame by airing the plants, and over time we leave it open also overnight, after about 10 days of hardeningplant new hydrangeas for a bed in the gardenThus, the process of reproducing hydrangeas from mother's cuttings is completed: -)
MSc Eng. Joanna Białowąs
