Tree hydrangea often decorates gardens and parks, squares and alleys. Sort "Annabel" love growers for a neat compact bush, ease of growing and snow-white hat of flowers.
Features varieties hydrangea "Annabel"
Hydrangea tree "Annabel" - a small neat bush with a height of not more than one and a half meters, the width of the crown up to three meters. The bush is covered with large, up to 20 cm long, oval leaves, rich green in color, with a pointed tip. The leaves retain the brightness of the color until the first frost.
At the end of June, "Annabel" blooms and stands, decorated with white, until September. The flowers are small, up to 2 cm in diameter, but due to the dense inflorescence they look like a single white ball. "Annabel" - a decorative variety that is resistant to cold climatic conditions and is not capricious in the care; the bush will live in one place and retain the decorative appearance for about fifty years.
In the description of the hydrangea tree "Annabel" the most interesting is its ability to absorb dyes from the soil and take the desired color of colors. If you bring in preparations with aluminum, the flowers of the plant will turn blue. If you want pink, aluminum from the soil must be removed. This can be done with phosphate fertilizers or dolomite flour.
Hydrangea tree "Strong Annabel" - one of the variations "Annabel" - a bush with a height of one and a half meters. Planting and care of this subspecies is not different from Annabel, it also tolerates frosts, is resistant to diseases. Flowering in this subspecies is much more magnificent and more abundant. When "Strong Annabelle" blooms, almost no leaves are visible under the color balloons. A bush blooms from the beginning of the summer months to the beginning of autumn.
Hydrangea tree "Pink Annabel" is different pink inflorescences. The height of the bush a little more than a meter, strong stems are erect and do not bend down to the ground. The bush blooms in July and blooms until late autumn. The variety is winter hardy, resistant to diseases and unpretentious in care.
Did you know? During excavations in Alaska, hydrangea fossils were found; It turns out that in North America hydrangea grew 70 thousand years ago. Modern China also confirms the existence of hydrangea in such ancient times: archaeologists have found fossilized plant flowers, which are approximately 25-30 thousand years old.
Features planting hydrangea "Annabel", the choice of location and soil
Saplings of hydrangea trees are planted in spring and autumn, respectively, in May or September. If you buy seedlings in the spring, their buds should be unblown, tightly closed.
How to choose a place for landing "Annabel"
For hydrangea "Annabel" correctly selected when planting site will greatly facilitate the cultivation and care. First of all, the site should have shelter from drafts. Consider that the hydrangea does not like to be in the shade for a long time, but it does not tolerate a strong sun - light penumbra would be the best option.
Important! Do not plant hydrangea next to trees or shrubs, they will pull out all the moisture. Hydrangea with a lack of water develops poorly and blooms.
Selection of soil for growing shrubs
Hydrangea tree "Annabel" well developed on drained, acidic and nutritious soils.
It is preferable for her to retain moisture loams. Since the plant does not like transplanting, the place should be immediately selected taking into account all the requirements of the species. A landing pit for a sapling is prepared for a week, in order to enable the soil to compose and be filled with oxygen. Fertilizers at the bottom of the pit should be evenly dispersed along the bottom and have time to dissolve.
The main stages of planting hydrangea varieties "Annabel"
How to grow hydrangea "Annabel": the first condition - the correct fit. Before the procedure, the seedling is soaked in a warm, slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate. Well do half a meter deep; if you plant several bushes, leave the distance between them in a half to two meters. In the case of poor soils, a mixture of leafy soil, peat, sand and humus is applied in equal parts to the well, adding complex mineral fertilizers.
Important! It is not recommended to add lime, chalk or ashes: these substances have an alkaline reaction, hydrangea does not tolerate them. If the soil in your area is slightly alkaline or neutral, water the shrub with sour water.
At the bottom of the hole, pour a hill of prepared substrate, lay a seedling and straighten the root system. Pour the soil, leaving the root neck at ground level, slightly tamp.
After planting, water the hydrangea and grumble the tree trunk.
When growing hydrangeas in the Urals, after planting, it is advisable to do something like a greenhouse-like overhang to protect the fragile seedling from a possible cooling.
Rules for growing hydrangea "Annabel" in the garden
In the first years of cultivation, it is advisable to water the soil around the seedling with a weak-pink manganese solution to protect against insects. It is also worth cutting off the inflorescences so that the bush spends more energy on growth. How to properly care for "Annabel", consider below.
How often to water "Annabel"
Hydrangeas need abundant and regular irrigation, we should not allow the soil to dry out.
On particularly hot days, watering is done twice a week so that the roots do not dry out, and the near-stem circle is mulched.
Features feeding and care for the soil
During the period of active growth and flowering period, Annabel needs mineral and organic supplements for flowering plants.
Three times a season the plant is watered with a solution of acidic manganese potassium.
During the flowering period, reduce the dosage of dressings, otherwise the inflorescences will turn green.
Be sure to loosen the soil around the bush, saturating it with oxygen, weed from the weeds.
Trimming Tree Hydrangea
Formative pruning begin with the first year of life of the plant, in the beginning of spring they leave a low skeleton base, the shoots are cut to 12-15 cm. In the future, depending on the length of the grown branches, they are reduced by 2-5 cm. Sanitary pruning is to remove weak or damaged shoots. Whatever pruning you do, it is better to do this before the start of sap flow - in early spring or late autumn. This rule applies to all varieties of hydrangea, including "Strong Annabel" and "Annabel" pink when grown.
Did you know? Hortensia is a symbol of sincere feelings and abundance in the house. 95% of the global cultivation of hydrangea belongs to Holland, here about 40 million flowers a year are sold at a flower auction.
Reproduction features of hydrangea "Annabel"
The best way to grow hydrangea is by cuttings. In the fall, shoots of the current year are cut, which did not bloom, up to 15 cm long. Sections are kept in a root formation stimulator, then planted on a bed in penumbra. The cuttings are covered with a greenhouse (plastic bottle). Greenhouse regularly removed for some time to air.
In the first year of life, seedlings are afraid of low temperatures, so they are harbored with agrofibre for the winter, in regions with harsh winters, cuttings are dug up, transplanted into pots and stored in a cellar. With such storage, it is important to monitor the soil moisture in the pot. In May, the strengthened plant is released from the greenhouse, in the case of storage in the cellar planted on the site.
The second method of reproduction is arcuate layering. In the first month of autumn choose one-year escape. A groove is pierced under it and, making a small incision on the stem of the shoot, it is laid in the groove with the notch down. So that the branch does not rise, it is strengthened with wire clips. Fall asleep groove, watered and mulched. The next season, in the fall, the layers are separated from the mother bush and transplanted to a permanent place.
How to prepare the plant for winter
Hortense "Annabel" is described as a frost-resistant plant, in regions with a milder climate, an adult bush does not require shelter for the winter.
Another thing - young bushes or areas with cold winters. In any case, when preparing for the winter, the plant is cleaned from dry leaves and branches, the tree trunk is covered with a thick layer of sawdust, the bush is pressed as much as possible to the ground surface and laid over lapnik. You can cover with oilcloth and fix it. Thus, the root system and the hive itself are reliably protected.
If during the winter several shoots are frozen, no need to rush to remove them, in the spring sun the branches will go away and bloom for the next season.
Hortensia "Annabel" in your garden can serve as a decorative fence, the center of a flower bed or a composition with coniferous plants. These flowers are perfectly side by side with roses, phlox, bells and irises. Also effectively look a number of hydrangeas of different varieties, colors and shapes of inflorescences.
