Can she still be saved?

Check the condition of the hydrangea

First, take a good look at the hydrangea:

• Have all the leaves really dried up and crunched?
• Have the branches also dried up and can you break them off without resistance?
• Is there still lush green somewhere?

Unless the plant is completely dry, it is not too late. Hydrangeas usually recover quickly and drift, if the right measures are taken, again after a few days.

Water the plant thoroughly

If the hydrangea is very dry, you must immediately water it thoroughly. Simply pouring is no longer enough.

Hydrangeas in a pot soak in a bucket filled with water until no more bubbles rise. Open-air hydrangeas are flooded so that the moisture can penetrate into the deeper layers of the earth.

Supply the hydrangea regularly with water over the next few days. Potted plants may even have to be watered several times a day.

Make sure you pour away any water that remains in the saucer, because even a dried out hydrangea is sensitive to waterlogging. The roots of the already weakened plant quickly begin to rot, which would mean the final death of the hydrangea.

The first green shows up

Often, just two days after these rescue attempts, you can observe how new buds appear on the still living branches. Even dried twigs often form fresh green or thickening leaf buds in the lower area.

Now is the right time to clean all of the actually dead plant parts with a clean and sharp one Secateurs to cut off.

Flowers only in the following year

If the hydrangea was almost completely dry, you will probably have to do without flowers this season. The flower umbels sit on the tips of the shoots and therefore dry up very quickly. With good care, however, the hydrangea will bloom profusely again in the next year.

Tips & Tricks

A dried up hydrangea needs a lot of strength to form fresh leaves. Fertilize You should therefore regularly fertilize the plant with hydrangea, azalea or rododendron fertilizer.