Hydrangea is one of the most popular plants that is used to decorate landscape design. The shrub is unpretentious in leaving, grows quickly and looks very beautiful.
Description of the variety Hydrangea Red Angel and its characteristics
Before planting a seedling of hydrangea large-leaved Red Angel, you need to study all the characteristics of the plant and the features of its cultivation.
Grade Features
Large-leaved hydrangea (Latin hydrangea macrophylla) is a shrub that differs in a compact and dense crown. In height, it grows to 1 m. When grown in pots it does not exceed 60 cm. The foliage is large, dark green in color. Flowers of a beautiful, rich purplish-raspberry tone. They are collected in lush inflorescences of a rounded shape.
Hydrangea Red Angel
The flowering period of the culture falls on June - July. Inflorescences appear on last year's shoots.
Winter hardiness
The frost resistance of the flower is medium. When grown in regions with cold winters, the shrub needs to be covered and wrapped in a crown.
Landing and further care
When growing a flower, you must follow some rules.
Site selection and preparation
Hydrangea Red Angel prefers to grow in open sunny areas, but not in direct sunlight. The place must be protected from drafts.
Additional Information! The soil should be light and nutritious. The higher the acidity level of the soil, the more saturated the hue will bloom inflorescences.
Place for hydrangea
How to plant
Procedure for planting hydrangea varieties Red Angel:
- Dig a hole (the size depends on how the root system has grown at the time of planting).
- To the bottom of the hole to fill expanded clay or crushed brick.
- Put a seedling and bury it.
- Tamp the soil lightly around the trunk.
- At the end of the planting, you need to sprinkle the soil near the seedling with wood ash and pour plenty of warm water on it.
Watering and feeding
Hydrangea should be watered as necessary. The plant loves moisture, but waterlogging is not advisable. For irrigation, warm water is used.
Hydrangea Red Angel loves dressing. You can use special fertilizers prolonged action. Effective remedies - Fertika, Pokon.
Pruning
In order for large-leaf hydrangea to look decorative, it needs to form a crown. Thin young twigs and old dried ones are cut. Two- and three-year-old branches are not pruned, since inflorescences are formed on them.
Winter preparations
Before the onset of winter, the soil around the trunk is mulched, and the shrub itself is covered with a special agrowolk. Twigs need to be carefully tied together, and then wrapped with agrofibre.
Shrub Shelter for the Winter
Breeding
The most common method of propagation is by cuttings. They are cut from annual shoots at the end of summer. Ready cuttings before planting are dipped for 1 hour in Kornevin, and then planted in a substrate. Using this method, the cuttings take root quite quickly. In the open ground they can be planted a year later in the spring.
Diseases and pests, ways to combat them
Under the right growing conditions, you will not have to deal with pests and diseases. But if they have already appeared, an urgent need to start the fight. Insecticide spraying helps with pests. They fight diseases with the help of fungicides.
Important! The most common disease is chlorosis. You can cure the plant by spraying with copper sulfate.
Use in landscape design
Hydrangeas harmoniously look both planted individually, and with other shrubs. Shrubs are used to create hedges.
Hydrangea variety Red Angel looks very beautiful on the site due to the noble shade of inflorescences. This variety is unpretentious in leaving and always gives plentiful blossoming.
