How do you grow hydrangeas on a balcony or in a courtyard?

Friends who love growing flowers want to grow any beautiful flower they see, and over time they end up with all kinds of flowers, practically turning their own balcony or courtyard into a beautiful little garden.

The hydrangea introduced today is also especially suitable for growing in a courtyard or on a balcony, and after it blooms it is as beautiful as a colorful hydrangea ball, very appealing.

1. Growing hydrangeas requires proper pruning and bud pinching

Hydrangea branches and leaves grow quickly, and when the plant reaches a certain height it easily lodges and breaks, which affects the ornamental effect and is also bad for the plant's growth and flowering. Therefore, it should be pinched and pruned in good time to maintain a good tree shape, promote new branches, and favor flowering.

To keep a good tree shape for the hydrangea, start pinching buds from the seedling stage. Generally, when the seedling grows to about 15 cm, you can pinch off its growing tip so it sprouts more branches; when the new branches grow to about 10 cm, you can pinch the tips again to promote robust new branch growth and favor flowering.

Hydrangeas are best pruned in March each year, mainly cutting off dead branches, weak branches, and crossing branches, keeping only healthy branches and cutting them back short; when shortening, leave 2~3 buds on each branch to encourage branching and more flowers.

2. Increase nutrients to promote growth

Hydrangeas like fertilizer. During the growing period, apply decomposed soybean cake fertilizer water once every half month, and be careful not to make the fertilizer solution too concentrated, so as not to burn the roots and affect normal growth. After entering the bud stage, increase the use of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and apply 2 additional rounds of diluted monopotassium phosphate solution, which can make the hydrangea flowers bigger and more brilliant.

3. Ensure sufficient water

Hydrangeas have lush branches and leaves and also have high water requirements. Generally, in spring, summer, and autumn, provide sufficient water to keep the potting soil in a moist state, but do not let water accumulate, otherwise the roots easily rot; when the weather is hot in summer, also spray water on the leaves frequently, and before winter gradually reduce watering so the plant can gradually enter dormancy.

Friends who like hydrangeas, after understanding the hydrangea's growth habits, can grow a few plants on their own balcony or in their courtyard. After blooming, the clusters of elegant large flower balls are very charming.