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Many fans of flowering plants try to decorate them not only the dacha territories, but also their homes. Hydrangea room - a wonderful option to fill your house with a pleasant fragrance of lush colors. It appeared on the windows of European houses as early as the 18th century and remains a popular plant until today. Thanks to a variety of different varieties bred by breeders, the flower does not cease to delight its faithful fans.
The hydrangea room pictured on the photo conquered the hearts of lovers of ornamental plants. Her magnificent inflorescences, strewn with small, delicate buds, amaze with their splendor. Such a flower is almost impossible to find in nature. What is the secret of the attractiveness of this majestic plant? How to grow it at home? What does care for room hydrangeas involve? Answers to these questions, perhaps, will prompt someone to get on a window such a magnificent beauty.
The secret of the attraction of the majestic flower
Ordinary garden hydrangea is a perennial lushly flowering shrub. Its main feature is the inflorescence in the form of caps filled with small buds. Depending on the nature of the soil on which the hydrangea is grown, it can be of different colors. It can be such colors:
- pinkish;
- lilac;
- snow-white;
- blue;
- lightly green.
If you plant the plant in alkaline soil, the buds will be pink or lilac. In the acidic soil, a blue tint will appear. For a snow-white color, the neutral nature of the soil is suitable. Proceeding from this, it is not at all difficult to find a suitable option for a home interior.
Some believe that the hydrangea is a purely garden plant, which is only available on a street flowerbed. In fact, long ago lovers of majestic bouquets grow it at home on the windowsill. The difference is only in the size of the buds.On this photo of the flower of the room hydrangea, you can see her magnificent caps in all splendor.
It is known that the buds of a houseplant are slightly smaller than its garden relative. But if you try hard and apply all the rules of flower care, you can achieve good results.
There are many varieties of wonderful indoor plants - hydrangeas, which are grown on the windowsills of apartments and country houses. The most popular of them are blue, pink and red. These include:
- Ramars Mars;
- Earley Blue;
- Europe;
- Hamburg;
- Goliath;
- Prima;
- Red sensation;
- Souer Tharese;
- Jasmine.
It is interesting that each of these varieties has its own external features, which are important to consider when nursing.
Basic rules of care
As practice shows, care of a hydrangea of a room at home provides several important rules:
- conditions of detention;
- competent irrigation;
- regular additional fertilizing;
- winter care.
To the flower successfully developed on the home window sill, it is necessary to create suitable conditions. An important aspect is lighting. Hortense does not like when it receives direct sunlight. Therefore, a pot with a flower is best placed away from the window facing south. Otherwise, the light will damage the decorativeness of the leaf blades and break the flowering period. It is also important to consider that room hydrangea prefers the same type of lighting throughout the year. In view of this, during the winter it is necessary to include fluorescent lights for the successful development of the plant.
To ensure comfortable conditions, the flower is placed on 2 or 3 meters from the southern window, where there is always direct sunlight.
In addition, regular fresh air is important for the plant. Therefore, the room where the flower grows is periodically ventilated. In the summer period, flowerpots are carried to balconies, terraces or shady areas of the garden. Despite the fact that in the winter room hydrangea is in a dormant condition, it still needs care. It includes regular watering of the plant.If you see that the earthen coma dries, it should be watered.
You can store sleeping hydrangeas in winter in a dwelling or on a balcony. But, do not forget to cover it, to protect from the cold.
Since the majestic flower is very fond of moisture, during a period of active growth, it needs a sufficient amount of liquid. At the same time, one should adhere to this rule - the basal area should always be moist. And the upper part, before watering should be dry. As a result, the plant will not rot. For example, a room hydrangea Jasmine prefers moderate watering. If there is overflow, there is a chance of decaying the root system. When the soil dries up, there is a loss of buds and foliage. Moisten the plant preferably with a warm, dense liquid with a few drops of lemon.
An important condition for caring for hydrangea is feeding. It is held mainly in the summer. To do this, a solution is prepared from mineral fertilizers, which includes 30 grams of potassium sulfate and ammonium nitrate with the addition of 40 grams of superphosphate. These ingredients are dissolved in 10 liters of water and watered the plant twice for 7 days. The process of fertilizing continues until mid-August. During this period the hydrangea stops actively growing, but switches to the formation of flower buds.
It is during this period that it is necessary to remove weak root shoots from the plant in order to gain strength.
Methods of reproduction of indoor flower
When a flower conquers the attention and love of its fans, it gradually grows in their homes. Reproduction of room hydrangeas is carried out in three ways: seeds, bush division and cuttings.
To plant hydrangeas at home with seeds, at the end of winter the planting material is sown in containers with soil. Cover it with earth is not necessary, but it is desirable to cover cellophane. Daily crops are moistened and aired until the first shoots appear. Then the film should be removed. When the seedlings seem to have two strong sheets, they are planted in separate pots, where they will fully develop.
One of the simplest methods of propagating a flower is dividing a bush. During the spring hydrangea transplant, the bush is divided into several parts. Each separate process must have enough rootlets and a growth point.
Before planting the bushes in the pots, the shoots are shortened slightly to make the plant root well. With the onset of autumn, hydrangea will become a full-fledged indoor flower.
Some flower-growers breed hydrangeas by means of propagation. At the end of January, cuttings with three internodes are cut from the root stems. After treating them with a root stimulant, they put them into the prepared substrate. A month later cuttings are allowed roots, which indicates their readiness for independent life. Plants are transplanted into separate pots, where they will thrive luxuriantly.
Caring admirers of room hydrangeas try to adhere to the basic rules of care and cultivation of this plant. Therefore, in their homes and lives such a sweet beauty with a magnificent bouquet of flowers.
