How to make a hydrangea bloom

There are many ways how to decorate your home (paintings, all sorts of interior details), but nothing compares to fresh flowers. It is the joy of our home, the world of wonderful and beautiful smells and forms. The history of gardening at home is quite entertaining and has come to us from the depths of centuries.

Even the ancient Egyptians learned how to grow ornamental plants in pots. Romans decorated potted plants with their own patios. And only in the XIX century floriculture really blossomed. In 1790, hydrangea (hydrangea) was introduced to Europe. She comes from China and Japan. It is an amazingly beautiful and hardy plant.

Hortensia, which is grown at home

Hortensia large-leaved is the only species that is currently grown in pots. The leaves are juicy, dark green, oval in shape, opposite, along the edge with blunt or sharp teeth. At the ends of the shoots, beautiful inflorescences (pink, red, blue, white) are formed. Hortensia is a sturdy plant. If it is withered, you just need to water it and the hydrangea will return to life. But many are concerned with the question of how to make a hydrangea blossom.

What you need for good growth and flowering

The room where the hydrangea is contained must be light, well ventilated. However, you can not put it under direct sunlight. When growing hydrangeas, there are several basic rules - coolness and the soil should be constantly wet. It grows well on acidic soils. Watering and spraying this plant is necessary systematically, because hydrangea loves water. In the spring it is recommended to take it out to the balcony, to fresh air. All the shoots that appear from the roots need to be plucked. Room temperature is optimal during flowering. Usually the flowers are pink and red, but artificially you can make their color blue. To do this, water the plant with a solution of alumoammonium or alumokalic alum. To hydrangea flowers again become pink, you just need to stop watering the solution. With proper care, such a plant will please you with long flowering (from April to October). When the plant fades, shoot the shoots half the length. Do this until the end of June, because the hydrangeas bloom on the 2-year-old shoots. Lives hydrangea in the pot for 3-4 years, and then it must be replaced by a young plant.

In the autumn hydrangea sheds some of the leaves and begins to go into a state of rest. It lasts 60-80 days. In a room on the windows it is put closer to the glass or taken to the basement. In winter, water is seldom (2-3 times a month), and it is very important to prevent rotting of the roots. In spring, when new leaves start to form, the frequency of watering is increased. During growth, with the development of buds, it is necessary to conduct fertilizing once a week.

To your hydrangea blossom well the next year, after flowering it is cut off (root shoots, side shoots, leaving some of the strongest). Propagate the plants with grassy cuttings. Cultivating hydrangeas in the indoor conditions all year round, it is necessary every spring, when it will bloom, transplant it, replace the fresh earth with part of the old one.

Difficulties in growing

After flowering or spring hydrangeas may not give new germs. This indicates that the earth in the pot is depleted. Feed your flower or transplant. If there are brown spots on the leaves, inspect the plant carefully. It can be a fungal disease. Sore spots should be treated with an antifungal solution.

If the young leaves start to turn yellow, and veins remain green, it means that the water you are watering the plant contains a large amount of calcium. Feed the plant with fertilizer (iron-containing) and then water it only with soft water (it can be rainwater). We pay a careful, proper courtship of the plant for a kind of reciprocity, they have a beneficial effect on us, and also treat and every day please our eyes.