When choosing how to decorate our gardens, our terraces or our balconies, we have great doubts. And there are plenty of ideal and very beautiful plants to plant in the outdoor areas of our home. In this sense, flowers are those plants that usually adapt better, since they take up relatively little space and are usually very colorful and lively; they bring joy and a personal touch to the outdoor area. Thus, today we want to introduce you to a type of plant that is very recurrent but at the same time very special: hydrangeas.
Hydrangeas are flowers that, due to their voluminous, colorful flower and large leaves, are ideal for decorating large outdoor areas. Thus, they are plants that do not have a difficult cultivation and care and that, on the other hand, are very hard, since they withstand high temperatures without any problem. In the same way, they are plants that combine the green of their large leaves with the white of their inflorescences and the blue, pink or red of their numerous petals. All in all, hydrangeas are an ideal source of color and life for your gardens, since you can plant them both in a pot and in the ground. If you have already chosen the hydrangea, but in this case you want to reproduce it with cuttings, today we want to explain in detail how to plant hydrangea cuttings so that they grow beautiful and strong.
What do you need to plant hydrangea cuttings?
- Hydrangea -to carve the cutting- or already cut hydrangea cutting.
- Pot or outside area to plant.
- Earth -acidic and mineral-.
- Small stones
- Water.
- Scissors -preferably specialized for pruning plants-.
- Weather.
- Patience.
- Care.
Instructions for planting hydrangea cuttings
- First of all, it is very important that you check that the plant you are going to use to take the cutting is totally healthy. Otherwise, your new hydrangea could grow damaged or simply not come out. Thus, in the first place you must choose a hydrangea that is totally healthy and, in addition, you must carry out this process once it has bloomed. Therefore, the hydrangea from which you are going to take the cutting must have passed the flowering process, that is, the flowers must have come out and grown and their color must already be fading.
- Once you have your chosen plant, you must prepare the area in which you will plant your hydrangea cutting. To do this, you can choose a pot or choose to plant your cutting in the ground. In any case, we recommend that you use a medium-sized pot so that you can control the first growth; You will have your hydrangea controlled in storms, hot climates, strong winds, etc.
- So, what you have to do is prepare the substrate. In this sense, initially start by putting small stones at the bottom of your pot; the water will circulate better. Next, prepare a mixture of acid soil with mineral soil – alkaline soil would be ideal. In this case, you should put half of one type and half of the other; Mix the two types of soil well to obtain a homogeneous
- At this point, it will be time to obtain the cutting. To do this, you can choose to carve a branch of your hydrangea, since we will take the cutting from this chosen branch. To do this, choose a branch that has a flower and several leaves of considerable size; thus, you must cut this branch from the root, that is, at the point where it joins the main trunk of the hydrangea.
- Next, you will need to clean the cutting; therefore, you will have to cut everything that is not suitable for planting. At this point, start by cutting the flower from the chosen branch and go on to carve the leaves from the bottom as well. You must cut the branch so that only the nodes with the buds remain – the part that joins the branch with the leaf. Thus, also cut the cut above and below, so that you only have a cutting with three or four nodes -no leaves, no flower, etc. – at the bottom and the top with four or five leaves. To cut we recommend that you use small pruning shears.
- Next, with the cutting prepared and the substrate also ready, it will be time to plant your cutting. To do this, fill the pot with the previously prepared soil mixture; thus, place a thin layer of small stones at the bottom of the pot and then fill flush with the mixture made from the two different soils.
- You can then proceed to plant your cutting(s): insert the cutting into the soil halfway. Thus, you must leave the upper leaves out of the ground and the three or four nodes inside this sand mixture.
- Once your cutting is planted, you should wait about 20-25 days until the hydrangea begins to grow. Keep in mind that you should regularly water your hydrangea cutting so that it is always well hydrated; Control the color of the leaves of the planted cutting, since that way you will know if it is well hydrated or, if not, it lacks
Tips for planting hydrangea cuttings
- Keep in mind that the plant you choose must be very healthy, otherwise the cutting will not grow well.
- In the same way, choose a branch that has knots, otherwise it will not grow. Thus, we recommend that you look closely, it will be advisable that these nodes have buds with leaves about to come out.
