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One of the most attractive flowers in the garden is called panicle hydrangea. Such a plant is able to decorate even the most boring areas of the territory, although this, of course, will take a lot of effort and time of a grower. But the result can exceed all expectations, because hydrangea looks very gorgeous and looks spectacular in flower beds and flower beds
Hydrangea paniculata, as a rule, looks like a bush. Also, this flower belongs to the Saxifrag family. The plant came to our region from the Far East. In the garden, the size of the panicle hydrangea can be three meters (in exceptional cases, the height of the bush can reach ten meters). Shoots on hydrangeas grow straight and sprawling. The flower stems begin to grow stiff in about the second year of the growing season. Large leaves have small denticles along the edge and are located oppositely on the shrub. The most important benefit of hydrangea is its long flowering period.
Paniculate hydrangea differs from other varieties, first of all, in the appearance of inflorescences. A huge number of miniature and graceful flowers are collected in a kind of panicles in the form of pyramids. Peak-shaped inflorescences can reach up to thirty centimeters in length and twenty in width. The blooming period itself takes place in abundant and lush beauty, forming a chic crown of the bush. This phase lasts for panicle hydrangea from the first summer month to October. The hydrangea will bloom for the first time in the third or fourth year after planting. The color options of the plant cannot be different, since the flowers have the same color and are of the chameleon type - at first, the hydrangea is white, which gradually turns into a pink hue by autumn.
An adult hydrangea plant is resistant to winter cold and frost. The soil conditions for the shrub are not so important. It feels great even on acidic soils or on soils with gas. In the shade of other trees and bushes, the hydrangea will also not disappear. In addition, the flower is very fond of high humidity. The panicle hydrangea belongs to long-lived plants, since it can delight its owner up to sixty years. It is also a wonderful honey plant that adorns any area of the garden and dacha territory.
The most famous varieties of hydrangea paniculata
"Grandiflora" is one of the most famous varieties of panicle hydrangea, which is characterized by rapid intensive growth of the bush and large attractive flowers. During the flowering phase, the plant changes color as many as four times. Before the bud blooms, the inflorescence has a creamy shade, in the active stage of flowering it is white, gradually turns into a pink tone, and in the fall it acquires a new shade of a red-green plan. True, the flowering period, in comparison with other varieties, here comes a little later.
"Kiushu" is the type of panicle hydrangea that is three meters high and has a spreading fan-shaped crown. The flowers of such a plant smell very nice.
"Matilda" can be only up to two meters in size, although the diameter of the shrub crown is three meters in height. Like Grandiflora, the flowers gradually change color from cream to greenish-red.
How to plant panicle hydrangea?
Before planting a flower, you need to choose the best suitable area for it on the site. The illumination on it should not be bright. For panicle hydrangea, it is preferable to pay attention to shaded areas. Since in the light areas the flowers will become small, and the growth itself will develop very slowly, a flower is planted in partial shade, where practically not a single bush of flower crops grows.
In relation to the soil, panicle hydrangea develops best on clay or loamy types of fertile soil. Sandy soil should be avoided. The acidity of the selected land must be high so that the plant can bloom profusely and luxuriantly. In addition, the color of the inflorescences will be brighter in this case. If the soil on the site does not have high acidity, then it can be created by introducing semi-rotten needles, brown peat or sawdust. But in no case should soils be mixed with deoxidizers in the form of dolomite flour, wood ash or lime.
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