AT A GLANCE
When are hydrangeas in season?
As the end of the 18th When the first hydrangea specimens reached Europe in the late 19th century, the hydrangea season lasted from June to August. This status lasted for a long time until the breeding of perennial flowering strains took off in the 2000s. Since then, the flowering shrubs have experienced a meteoric rise as highly valued beauties for beds and tubs.
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Assuming a clever combination of varieties, the hydrangea season nowadays extends from spring to late summer. In the following sections you can read useful information about a long flowering period for hydrangeas.
Which hydrangeas bloom in spring?
Thanks are modern varieties
hydrangea flowers meanwhile a familiar eye-catcher in beds and tubs for Mother's Day. The following overview introduces you to three beautiful hydrangeas, which in spring open season:- Ball Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) 'Endless summer' bears blue or pink flowers from May.
- Climbing hydrangea 'Flying saucer' (Hydrangea petiolaris) shines with pure white, bee-friendly flowers from May to July.
- peasant hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) 'Magical Revolution', whose spherical inflorescences develop a sensational blue-green-violet or pink-green-pink color from May to October.
Which hydrangeas bloom in summer?
In summer the season starts from panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata), snowball hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) and hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata). Now hobby gardeners are spoiled for choice: indoors from more than 100 varieties. Three Legendary Premium Hydrangeas for one extended summer season names the following overview:
- panicle hydrangea 'Wims Red' with a furious play of colors in white, pink and strong red from July to September.
- Snowball hydrangea 'Annabelle' with huge, creamy white flower balls from July to October.
- plate hydrangea 'Blue Bird' with delicate lilac to blue inflorescences from July to November.
What is important for a long hydrangea bloom?
The combination of spring-blooming and summer-blooming hydrangeas is the first step towards a never-ending hydrangea season. Other factors contribute significantly to a long flowering period:
- Location: partially shaded, nutritious, fresh and moist, loose and well-drained, acidic pH of 4.0 to 6.0.
- Care: water regularly with low-lime water, weekly from March to August fertilize with special hydrangea fertilizer or alum for intense blue coloring of the flowers.
- pruning: Depending on the hydrangea species and cutting group, simply clean out in early spring (e.g. B. farmer's hydrangeas) or cut back vigorously (e.g. B. panicle hydrangeas).
Tip
Hydrangeas in pots need winter protection
As a container plant, hydrangeas are only partially hardy. Equipped with the right winter protection, a hydrangea can hibernate in a bucket outside. Cover the pot with foil and a thick coir mat that extends 10 cm beyond the edge of the pot. The Root Disc mulch She with leaves and needles. Place the bucket on a block of wood in a shady, wind and rain-protected location.
