Hydrangea Dentel de Gorron is a common decorative culture, which is very popular among gardeners. The plant is actively used in landscape design and serves as a decoration of flower beds. To achieve success in its cultivation, you need to choose the right care.
Description of the hydrangea variety Dentel de Gorron and its characteristics
Hortensia Hydrangea Paniculata Dentelle de Gorron grows well in temperate regions. When carrying out agrotechnical recommendations, the bushes are able to reach a height of 2 m and even more.
The culture has beautiful and lush inflorescences.
History of occurrence
This is panicled hydrangea, which was bred in Asia. In vivo, it is found in the East. In nature, bushes can reach 4 m.
Thanks to the efforts of breeders, it was possible to obtain a culture that can grow in nature and in garden areas. To achieve magnificent flowering, you need to properly care for panicle hydrangea Dentel de Gorron.
Grade Features
The culture has cone-shaped inflorescences, which reach a diameter of 38 cm. They are white, pale pink, greenish, cream. Dark pink flowers look spectacular. Hydrangea leaves have an elongated pointed shape and a bright shade.
The plant has spectacular bushes.
Winter hardiness
This variety has average frost resistance. Without shelter, it can withstand temperature drops of -10 ℃. Therefore, in areas with a harsh climate, hydrangea is necessarily insulated.
Important! Regardless of the area of cultivation, young plants harbor. Otherwise they will freeze.
Planting and further care of hydrangeas Dentel de Gorron
Culture is considered moody. It is important to choose the right place for landing and pay attention to its preparation and proper selection of material for landing.
Site selection and preparation
Saplings of culture are recommended to buy in a specialized nursery or store. It is important that the culture is absolutely healthy. On its shoots there should not be dry patches or diaper rash. It is not recommended to buy seedlings that do not have at least 3 well-developed branches. Such a plant has not yet matured for planting in open soil.
Hydrangea is planted in a well-lit area. Small penumbra is acceptable. Culture is allowed to be placed near residential buildings or large trees. At the same time, places with a high occurrence of groundwater are contraindicated for her. Stagnant fluid can cause fungal infections.
Dentelle de Gorron's hydrangea botanical description says this crop needs well-drained soil. Prepare a bed for planting in the fall. It is cleaned of garbage and fed. For this purpose, apply 5 kg of humus, 10 kg of peat and sand. This is enough for 1 square meter of land.
How to plant
Dig a recess for planting with a width of 30 cm and a depth of 40 cm. At the next stage, lay a drainage layer in the hole. For this, pebbles or shells are used. The drainage should be 5 cm thick.
For landing, do the following:
- Peat, sand, and earth are mixed in equal parts. 30 g of superphosphate and 5 kg of humus are added to the composition.
- The prepared substrate is placed in a recess and a small mound is made of it.
- Carefully set the plant in the recess and distribute the roots along the hill.
- They fill the hole with earth and ram it.
- Water the plant and cover the trunk circle with peat.
When planting plants follow certain rules
Watering and feeding
The culture is considered a moisture-loving plant. Requires abundant soil moisture. The procedure is recommended in the morning or evening.
Under each adult bush, at least 1 bucket of water is poured. To avoid undesirable consequences, follow the recommendations of specialists:
- water the culture with exclusively warm and settled water;
- tap water leads to saturation of the soil with lime, which negatively affects the plant;
- Do not irrigate the beds during the day, as it is fraught with burns of leaves;
- recommend avoiding water on buds and foliage.
After watering, the soil is loosened and mulched. Thanks to the use of mulch, they protect the root system from burns, stop the loss of moisture and the development of weeds. To do this, apply leaves, peat, straw. Also suitable bark or needles.
Timely application of fertilizers provides a long and lush flowering. You need to feed the bushes several times during the season:
- after a period of rest, nitric agents are introduced;
- at the stage of bud formation, the plant requires potassium, superphosphate and urea;
- during flowering, the plant needs a complex of minerals;
- In the fall, a month before wintering, potassium and wood ash are used.
Pruning
Hydrangea is pruned in spring and autumn. After the snow melts before the sap flow begins, a sanitary procedure is carried out, during which damaged shoots are removed. In autumn they get rid of basal shoots.
Important! In the autumn, flower brushes are cut to 4 buds. This improves frost resistance and speeds up the recovery process after a period of rest.
For lush flowering and crown formation, hydrangea is systematically cut
Winter preparations
In the southern regions, hydrangea can winter without shelter. In regions with a harsh climate, the culture is insulated. To do this, reduce the amount of watering, feed the bush with potassium. The soil is covered with straw, fallen leaves or peat.
Shoots carefully connect, bind and bend to the ground. Top bushes are insulated with burlap. Agrofibre is also involved. Protection is removed after snow melts. If done untimely, the buds will begin to scream, which will lead to the death of the bush.
Breeding
Culture is recommended to propagate by cuttings. Material for planting is prepared before flowering and the formation of buds. To do this, take shoots 10 cm long and clear of the lower leaves. Half cut from above.
Important! Before planting, the slice is treated with a growth stimulator. When planting, the stalk is deepened into the ground by half.
On top of the plant cover with a plastic bottle. This helps create greenhouse conditions. The bush is put in a shaded place and watered every day.
Hydrangea propagated by cuttings
Diseases and pests. Means of dealing with them
Hydrangea is resistant to diseases and parasites. In this case, a violation of agrotechnical recommendations can cause the development of pathologies:
- Chlorosis. Due to a lack of iron and moisture in the soil. When the disease appears, discoloration of the leaves and a halt in the development of the bush are observed. The treatment of the bush with iron-containing preparations helps to cope with chlorosis.
- Powdery Mildew It is observed in conditions of elevated temperature and humidity. In this case, the leaves and stem are covered with a whitish bloom, which can be easily removed with a finger. Bordeaux fluid helps to cope with the disease.
Hydrangea sometimes suffers from parasite attacks. Snails and aphids can lead to damage to bushes. To avoid the death of plants, timely process the bushes:
- culture is sprayed from slugs with ammonia solution - 250 ml of the drug is taken per 1 bucket;
- with copper sulfate to destroy spider mites - 30 g of the drug is used per 10 liters of water;
- Oksikh helps to cope with aphids - he is bred according to the instructions.
Use in landscape design
Hydrangea is suitable for single plantings or creating compositions with different colors. Culture is planted near the fountains. It is combined with hosts, juniper, phlox and other plants.
Important! Shrubs can be planted in the form of hedges. Especially beautiful look combinations of different varieties, which differ in shades of inflorescences.
Hydrangea Dentelle de Gorron is a popular garden culture that is actively used to decorate garden plots. In order for the plant to bloom magnificently, it must be properly taken care of.
