Hydrangea Plant Care Guide
Large, round blooms, filled with bright, bold colors, there is so much to love about hydrangea plants! This flowering shrub may look high maintenance, but it actually isn’t too difficult to care for! Here is our advice on taking care of your hydrangea plant.
Why People Love This Plant
Blue, pink, mauve; hydrangea plants show off all sorts of different colors. Even cooler? You can control the color! If you look around, surely you’ll see this flowering plant lining a neighbors fence, it is an incredibly popular plant for home landscapes! This may be partly due to the fact that is it hardy and a perennial, so it will keep coming back year after year.
Your Guide to Care
Care: Medium. Hydrangeas are not difficult to care for, however do follow this guide for best results.
Light: Full sun to partial shade. Hydrangea’s love the morning sun and afternoon shade. If you can give your plant those conditions it will be very happy! They will still grow in full sun, however make sure to give them extra water on hot days as they do not like the heat of the day.
Water: Hydrangea plants like consistent moisture. So for potted plants, you can possibly water once a day. The goal with watering hydrangea’s is to keep the soil moist at all times, but not too wet or soggy (they do not like sitting in soggy soil). They also like a deep watering about once a week, especially if you are in dry conditions.
Temperature: 50 to 60F is the ideal range for hydrangea’s to bloom and grow!
Humidity: Preferably, hydrangea’s would like moderate to high humidity. Keep your plant away from drafts, heat sources, or high winds.
Feeding: You can fertilizer your hydrangea once or twice a year in spring and summer. If your soil is already nutrient rich, you may not need to fertilize at all.
Bonus
The best time to plant hydrangea’s is early spring! The reason being, you want to give your plants enough time to develop a solid, healthy root system. Make sure to keep your plants watered well until they are established.
Double Bonus: We mentioned above that you can control your hydrangea’s colors! Aim for a low soil pH of 5.2 to 5.5 for blue and a high soil pH of 6 to 6.2 for pink. To lower soil pH you can use sulfur, peat moss, or aluminum sulfate; to increase pH try ground limestone.
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