Propagation of hydrangea by cuttings
Of all the propagation methods for hydrangeas, cuttings are the most popular method among gardeners. It is not always possible to buy a seedling or seeds that fully meet the desires - the wrong color, the wrong variety, or even a pig in a poke, since the seller has only one desire - to sell. Propagation of hydrangeas by cuttings in the summer is the most reliable option get exactly the plant that you so want to have in your garden, because all its decorative qualities are visible to the naked eye.
Moreover, this is the easiest way of reproduction, unlike the others - division, layering, seeds, grafting. The bushes are not divided every year, and the procedure is carried out at a certain time of the year, depending on the species or variety. Getting a new plant with the help of layering is a rather lengthy process, not all branches of the mother bush are suitable for it, and their number is not unlimited.
Growing hydrangeas from seeds is generally only possible for professionals engaged in plant breeding. Getting the desired variety by grafting is also troublesome, which also requires special knowledge. There is also a way to propagate hydrangeas by layering. How the process takes place, see the photo.
Reproduction of garden hydrangea by green cuttings in summer
Important! Hydrangea bushes under one year old are not used for cutting cuttings.
The best cuttings are cut into summer time when buds begin to form on the mother bush. For cutting cuttings, young green shoots are selected that have retained flexibility, growing on the side most illuminated by the sun and located in the lower part of the main bush. Also suitable for grafting and side shoots first year.
Important! The best results are obtained when the upper parts of the shoot are taken as cuttings, but not too thin. Thinner cuttings are more likely to rot.
When preparing cuttings important point is the preservation in them of a sufficient amount of moisture so as not to cause irreversible changes in them. Therefore, experienced gardeners advise a time-tested algorithm of actions:
- shoots intended for cuttings are cut in an early sunny morning or in cloudy weather and immediately divided into cuttings;
- the tops of the branches with buds are removed;
- the remainder of the shoot is divided into parts with two or three pairs of leaves on each;
- the lower leaves are to be removed, the remaining ones are cut in half or in one third;
- cuttings are placed in a solution stimulating root formation for two hours - a standard solution, or one prepared independently from honey (a teaspoon in a glass of water);
- before planting, the upper cut of the cutting is disinfected with green paint, charcoal or garden pitch.
To plant cuttings in the garden, you need to prepare a light soil consisting of peat or leaf humus and washed sand (2: 1). Cuttings are planted obliquely into the prepared moistened substrate, they are buried two to three centimeters. Optimal distance between the cuttings 5-7 cm. Then the substrate is covered with a 2-cm layer of sand.
Important! When planting cuttings, make sure that the remaining leaves do not touch the ground.
Often, instead of a composite substrate for rooting cuttings, only coarse river sand is used. Cuttings are sprayed with water at room temperature and covered with jars, or plastic cups, or cut plastic bottles- a mini-greenhouse is created for each.
Further care behind cuttings consists of daily airing and regular watering. Watering every day is required only in very hot weather, and so it will be enough to do this every three days. If necessary, remove weeds and cuttings that have not taken root.
The first leaves on cuttings - a sign of good rooting - appear within three to four, sometimes a little more, weeks. Young hydrangeas can be freed from the greenhouse shelter.
Planting rooted cuttings is carried out together with a lump of earth in a previously prepared soil; it is advisable to add a small amount of mineral fertilizers to each hole.
Important! Summer cuttings of hydrangea give very little growth in their first year. Green leaves only confirm the good rooting and health of the plant.
Young hydrangea bushes do not tolerate the first two winters, because they have not yet acquired the required degree frost resistance. Therefore, with the approach of cold weather, they are sheltered.
The most reliable winter coat for young hydrangeas is multilayer construction... First, they are covered with dry fallen leaves, then a low mesh frame is installed. Further, everything is covered with a film, on top of which spruce branches are laid.
Such a "coat" of a young hydrangea will be required for two winters. Usually, by the end of the third season, it is gaining frost resistance, main feature which is the beginning of flowering. But these are approximate dates, mostly depending on the region of cultivation and on the variety.
In areas with severe winters, it is preferable to plant cuttings in containers or flowerpots, which are kept in cool rooms during the winter cold. In this case, you need to monitor the moisture content of the soil. With the arrival of warm days, containers need to be “walked” outside every day in order to gradually adapt to life in the open field.
Propagation by cuttings of panicle hydrangea
Due to its excellent frost resistance, it is very widespread in Russia. Since she does not like transplants at all, her breeding summer cuttings- the most suitable way.
Cuttings of panicle hydrangea are usually cut at the end of June. Unlike the garden one, the leaves on them do not need to be shortened, and the soil for rooting consists only of sand, which must be constantly wet. As winter approaches, peat is added to the sand. Cuttings usually take root by the end of the 3rd week. Covering seedlings for the winter is necessary only in regions with cold winters.
In all other respects, rooting and further cultivation of panicle hydrangea from cuttings does not differ from the rules for garden hydrangea.
Important! If buds appear on panicle hydrangea in the first year after planting cuttings, they should be removed to allow the plant to develop a strong root system.
Propagation of hydrangea by cuttings in water
Quite often, at the first stage of root formation, gardeners keep cuttings in water. The water must be soft, that is, contain minimal amount calcium salts. You can add a few drops of rooting composition to it. Cuttings must be at least 10 cm long and have 2-3 internodes.
Important! All leaves are removed from the cuttings to speed up the root formation process.
The container in which the cuttings are rooted should be transparent, since at this stage light is a good stimulator of the formation and growth of roots. In most cases, in 2-3 weeks, the roots of the cuttings grow up to 3 centimeters after which they can already be planted in the ground. Further care of the seedlings follows the usual scheme. 
The method is quite simple, however, it has its drawbacks. If the cuttings stay in water for a long time, their rotting may begin, so you need to regularly - every other day - change the water, preventing the appearance of the musty smell, and watch the cuttings so as not to lose them. As protection against decay, you can dip an activated carbon tablet into the water.
Propagation of hydrangea tree cuttings in autumn
Cuttings can be rooted not only in spring or summer, but also in autumn time... However, the entire process of rooting and growing seedlings will need to be done at home. It will happen as follows:
- Shortly before the shelter of the hydrangeas, cuttings from strong, developed shoots are cut for the winter. Each cutting should have two leaf nodes. The upper and lower sections should be oblique and should be at least one centimeter from the kidney. The upper leaves are cut in half, at the lower ones, only the petioles need to be left.
- For disinfection, cuttings are kept in a foundationol solution - 10 g for an hour. preparation for 10 liters. water. Before planting, the upper cut is lubricated with brilliant green, the lower one with a root growth stimulator.
- The cultivation containers are filled with loose fertile soil, holes are made into which you need to add a drug that prevents the formation of rot. The stalk is inserted into the hole, compacted a little and covered with soil.
- The pot with the handle must be packed in plastic bag, to create a greenhouse with a humid microclimate. It is placed in a bright place; on short winter days, you will need to take care of additional lighting.
- After a day, the cuttings need to be ventilated and moistened with them, if necessary. The airing time gradually increases with the rooting of the cuttings and the growth of young leaves.
Important! Sick or pest-infested plants are completely unsuitable for cutting cuttings.
Cutting hydrangea before winter
Large-leaved hydrangea also propagates well by cuttings, but, unlike many other varieties and species, it is better to cut it in winter.
In October, the mother plant is dug up, transplanted into a pot with soil consisting of humus, turf, peat and sand 2: 4: 1: 1. The pot with the plant is removed to the basement.
In January, the pot is taken to a bright room, where the temperature is maintained at about +10 degrees, and after a couple of weeks young shoots appear.
Cuttings are cut in February. They should have two internodes, the upper cut is straight, the lower cut oblique, both at a distance of at least 1 centimeter from the kidney.
The lower leaves are removed, the upper ones are trimmed by a third or half. The upper sections of the cuttings are treated with brilliant green, the lower ones are immersed in a growth stimulator solution for several minutes.
Cuttings are planted in pots with nutritious soil mixture, they are buried to the top leaves, the soil is sprinkled with clean sand.
Important! It is preferable to cut cuttings of the same length and thickness. In this case, they will take root at the same speed.
When the weather is warm, the pots with rooted cuttings need to be gradually tempered: they are taken out into the open air in the first weeks only in cloudy weather, gradually increasing the time they spend outside and accustoming them to sunlight.
Cuttings of large-leaved hydrangea are completely ready for transplanting in open ground when their leaves stop curling under the influence of air and sun.
In the literature, the main theme of which is the cultivation and reproduction of hydrangeas, one can often find rather contradictory reviews about cuttings - it is difficult, ineffective, etc. However, not only experienced gardeners, but also beginner hydrangea lovers, achieve excellent results without any particular difficulties.
The timing of cuttings is often controversial. Only in spring, only in autumn, only in summer - every gardener has his own opinion. However, the generalized experience of gardeners suggests that in summer it gives the best results for hydrangeas of almost all types, with the exception, perhaps, of indoor ones.
Many gardeners prefer to decorate their plots. flowering plants... Hydrangea is very attractive in this regard. Hydrangea is a bushy plant that grows up to three meters. Some varieties of these flowers are vines. Flowers of amazing beauty, which come in all kinds of colors of inflorescence forms, give an extraordinary showiness to this plant.
How hydrangea reproduces
Hydrangea seedlings purchased from the nursery are expensive for many gardeners. In addition, many gardeners prefer to exchange varietal plants with each other. Therefore, many novice gardeners are interested in the question: "How to propagate hydrangea by cuttings?"
Reproduction can be done in a variety of ways:
- By dividing the bush.
- Growing seedlings from seeds.
- Growing cuttings.
- By dropping offspring.
Propagation of hydrangea by cuttings
But the most acceptable and popular among gardeners is the method of propagating hydrangea by cuttings. The most common way is green cuttings.
Propagation by green cuttings begins from about mid-July. The green shoot is a leafy part of the stem, with several buds located on it, but you can take it from one.
For reproduction take only young cuttings... If the plant is old, then rejuvenating pruning is done before grafting. For good rooting, it is better to take shoots from the side branches located at the bottom of the crown. Bushes should grow in places with good lighting so that the branches have highly developed buds and do not get sick with various diseases.
For the successful rooting of cuttings, the timing of their cutting is also important. It is better to cut the cuttings early in the morning. so that their fabrics are full of moisture. After cutting, shoots should be immediately lowered into a container with water and placed in the shade. The green top with the bud must be removed from the shoot immediately. The rest of the shoot must be divided into several parts so that they contain 2-3 pairs of leaves.
The lower leaves on the cuttings should be removed, and the upper ones should be cut in half. Cuttings can be placed both in plain water, and adding a growth stimulator to it for a faster formation of the root system. At the same time, the solution should not get on the leaves.
When diluting the solution, you should strictly follow the instructions. The cuttings are kept in the solution for no more than two hours, placing the container with cuttings in a dark place.
After this procedure, they begin to plant the cuttings in specially prepared soil from sand and peat (1: 2). The earth is moistened before planting. You can cover the cuttings with glass jars for better rooting and water over the jars twice a week.
In dry and hot weather, cuttings require daily watering. If the cuttings are not covered with cans, then they should be sprayed twice a day. Complete rooting of cuttings usually occurs one month after planting. You can see rooting by the formation of new leaves on the cuttings.
Propagation of hydrangea by cuttings in spring
In the spring, hydrangea propagation is carried out by harvesting cuttings during spring pruning plants. For this purpose, lignified young branches of the plant are selected and cuttings are cut from them.
The branches cut in the spring are placed in a container of water for five days before grafting. Only after that they start cutting the cuttings. The bottom cut should be made closer to the kidney at an angle of 45 degrees. As with summer planting, cuttings can be soaked in a stimulant solution for better rooting.
For rooting cuttings in the spring, it is better to take washed coarse river sand... With moistened sand, fill a half-deep container or pot for planting indoor flowers and place the cuttings of hydrangea there at an angle of 45 degrees.
If the cuttings of the hydrangea are carried out correctly, then the cuttings after planting will not touch each other. With proper cuttings, the leaves of the seedlings after planting will also not touch the soil.
Cutting is carried out so that the lower part is immersed in the ground by 3 centimeters. When carrying out cuttings in the spring, after planting, the cuttings are sprayed with water and covered with a film for better rooting. With this method of propagation of hydrangea, seedlings must be regularly ventilated and moistened with sand as it dries.
In the spring, during the breeding process, hydrangeas should be maintained optimal temperature for cuttings. The temperature in the room with cuttings should not be below 15 degrees and above 25 degrees.
After rooting, seedlings seated in separate containers up to 10 centimeters in diameter. Place seedlings in places inaccessible to direct sunlight. In spring, young plants are kept at room temperature. Landing in open ground is carried out with the onset of warm weather.
Seed propagation
This method is longer than the previous one, but it also does not cause any particular difficulties. Presowing preparation the seeds of this plant are not required and can be sown directly into the seedling container.
Seeds are sown on top of the soil, moistened and covered with foil. Twenty days later, you can see the first shoots. Such seedlings must be grown as a pot culture for about two years and only in the third year at proper care seedlings can be transferred to open ground. Their readiness for transplanting into open ground can be calculated by the growth of the plant, the height of which must be at least 40 centimeters.
Only natural hydrangea can be propagated by seeds. If we take seeds of selective hydrangeas for this, then they can lose their decorative qualities with this method of cultivation.
How to propagate hydrangea by layering
Another way of propagation of hydrangeas in spring is propagation by layering. Gardeners use this method in early spring before the buds appear on the bushes.
The plant is propagated in this way in the following sequence:
Around the end of summer, several young shoots appear on the branches. When these branches reach a height of 20 centimeters, they should be earthed. Hilling is carried out every 10 days. Hilling is carried out until the height of the mound becomes 20 centimeters in height.
Dug out branches in October and separate the formed shoots from each other. By this time, the height of the shoots usually reaches fifty centimeters in height. Seedlings are buried in the fall, and in the spring they are transplanted to the garden bed. You can transplant them to a permanent place only after a year.
To grow quality hydrangea seedlings, there are some tips to consider:
Using this method, you can get about ten new seedlings from one dug-in branch.
Almost every gardener who sees a hydrangea bloom dreams of getting it on his site. An unpretentious shrub can be propagated in several ways. Bush division is used, the method with layering from the mother bush, and the most common cuttings. You can cut this beautiful plant in spring, summer and autumn. Let's talk about autumn cuttings in more detail.
How to cut a hydrangea in the fall
Cutting hydrangea is the most effective, you can get a large number of seedlings from one bush for enough a short time. Cloudy weather favors rooting, but you need to be in time before frost... In autumn, gardeners carry out sanitary pruning of hydrangeas, prepare bushes for wintering. The pruned branches most often go into compost, and in fact excellent seedlings grow from them. Of course, not all branches are used for grafting; summer shoots without flowers are used for propagation.
Preparing for grafting
The soil for seedlings should be loose, light. It is prepared in advance by mixing the garden soil with peat and coarse sand in equal proportions. For grafting, take the tops of young plant twigs, on which there are no flower inflorescences... Cuttings 10-15 cm long are cut with pruning shears at an angle, the lower leaves are removed or shortened by half.
Cuttings are cut to a length of about 10 cm
Rooting:
I do not cut the apical growth bud of the cutting. In my opinion, this way they take root faster. Also, the tops of the heads serve as a kind of indicator - how they went into growth, which means the cuttings are already with roots.
Planting cuttings in the ground
Young hydrangeas are very vulnerable, therefore, planting in the ground is carried out in the spring at a stable above-zero temperature, when the threat of return frosts has passed. For the first three years, the hydrangea needs to be very well insulated for the winter.
If you have removed the apical bud from the cutting, the seedling ready for planting will have several lateral branches.
Reproduction of hydrangea is a rather painstaking work that requires care and patience. But seedlings can be obtained in a budgetary way, and in a year or two they will please abundant flowering their masters.
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Not everyone can afford to buy the required number of bushes. But you can go the other way. Start breeding on your own.
There are several ways to plant hydrangeas in your own area:
- shoots;
- layering;
- seeds;
- cuttings.
The choice of method depends on a large number factors. But many people prefer to propagate the plant by cuttings using indoor conditions for rooting.
Feasibility of grafting
As already noted, propagation by cuttings of hydrangea is a very popular method. The resulting plant bush, which, with proper care, grows from each cuttings, completely repeats all the features of the mother plant. It is especially important to carry out cuttings of decorative rare varieties of hydrangea, since the new plant will completely preserve everything unique properties parent bush.
And also cuttings of hydrangeas have the highest percentage of germination. Even an inexperienced and inexperienced gardener will successfully cope with such a task, if all the rules of this agricultural technique are followed.
Terms of cuttings
Carrying out vegetative propagation allowed in three periods: spring, summer and autumn. In the spring, cuttings are carried out to start sap flow. In summer, cuttings are carried out in the period June-July, when the new shoots have gained maximum strength and are already well developed. For the procedure, you will need to take those that have not yet had time to woody and have not bloomed.
As already noted, it is better to cut the hydrangea in the middle of summer before the bush blooms. Cuttings are taken from young branches, which already have at least 1-3 buds, which have not yet become tree-like. Experienced gardeners advise to checkout the branch easily. If it does not break when bent, then it can be used to harvest cuttings. It is best to cut the cuttings from the top of the bush on the sunny side.
Cuttings harvesting technology
To get a high guarantee of plant rooting, you should adhere to the following simple rules and tips:
- For the cutting, the most upper part a shoot that has 2 to 3 leaves. The healthiest branches should be chosen for the breeding procedure. The cut is made at a 45 degree angle under the lowest pair of leaves.
- The bottom pair of leaves is cut completely and the rest are cut in half.
- When cuttings are carried out in early spring, cut cuttings are placed in water for 3-5 days.
- It is best to cut the cuttings early in the morning to help retain the maximum amount of moisture.
Planting material processing
The next step is to prepare the cuttings for planting: make a special treatment that will make them more viable. This step is rather advisory in nature, and not mandatory, but carrying out treatment with special preparations will increase the viability, since some plant varieties are quite difficult to take root. In this case, it will be much easier to propagate the bush.
Experienced experts recommend soaking the previously prepared planting material in a weak solution of "Epin" or HB101. In the first case, 2 ml of the drug is taken for 2 liters of water, and in the second, 1-3 drops are dripped for 1 liter of water. In "Epin" cuttings are soaked for 10-12 hours, and when using HB101, the time is reduced to 30 minutes.
To stimulate the formation of roots, you can use "Kornevin" or "Ukorenit". Each stalk is dipped to the first internode and should be immediately transcended to planting.
Rooting cuttings
It should be understood right away that propagation by cuttings of hydrangea is a very long and laborious process.
It will take a lot of patience and attention to the planting material, it is especially important to observe the room regime during the rooting of cuttings.
Before you start processing the cuttings, you should start preparing the soil.
There are many recommendations for soil composition, but most prefer ordinary coarse river sand. Planting material is planted at an angle of 45 degrees. The plant sinks into the soil bottom by 2-3 cm. The cuttings should be planted in such a way that they do not touch each other, and the leaves that remain on the stem should not touch the sand. Finally, the planted material should be sprayed with water from a spray bottle.
It is recommended to arrange a small impromptu greenhouse for newly planted cuttings. You can cover young plants, as glass jar, and simple polyethylene. Before rooting, young hydrangeas are located in a darkened place. This will help keep young shoots from overheating and drying out. It is very important to observe the temperature regime:
- during the day, the temperature should be within +20 - +25 degrees;
- and at night - +15 - +18 degrees.
If all conditions are met, complete rooting will occur in about a month.
Care features
After the roots on each of the plants become about 2-3cm, you can engage in planting plants in separate containers. Do not take large-volume dishes. Pots with a height of 10 cm and the same diameter will work.
The soil should be as light and nutritious as possible. Such soils can be bought today in specialized stores, or you can make them yourself.
The best option is considered to be soil, which consists of garden land, and river sand... Components should be taken in a ratio of 2: 2: 1, respectively. After transplanting seedlings, they should be placed again in a darkened place and continue room care with regular watering. For planting in open ground, the plants will be ready only for the next season.
Landing in open ground
Before the plant is planted in the garden, there is still to be arranged correct wintering in pots. Some put pots in the ground, but so as not to freeze root system... Another option is to gradually stop watering and then place the pots in your cellar or basement. Room temperatures are not suitable for storage.
Already in the spring, when the first signs of growth begin to appear, you need to start accurate watering, and you should already be planted in open ground. Can be distinguished small garden, on which to plant a plant, and grow it for another year before planting in a permanent place.
Before planting, the earth is carefully dug up. Put a tablespoon in each hole mineral fertilizer... Each seedling is planted together with a clod of earth. In order to pull out the plant without losing land, it is better not to water it about 2-3 days... Some gardeners recommend cutting the seedlings 2/3 of the height immediately after planting, this will help in the formation of a beautiful bush.
Breeding features of hydrangea of different varieties
Hydrangea grows all over the world. It counts great amount varieties and varieties of this plant. But in our country, panicle and large-leaved hydrangea is most often found. A total of care, propagation by cuttings not much different from the described process for garden plant, but all the nuances are there and they should be dealt with.
Hydrangea paniculata
Propagation by cuttings of panicle hydrangea rarely ends with success in spring or autumn. The most suitable time for such a procedure is summer. This variety simply loves water, it grows well even in wetlands. The best option the soil is clay and acidic soil. But if you plant such a hydrangea on alkaline soil, then as a result you can get a disease such as chlorosis on the leaves. In order to spend oxidation you can use peat, ammonium sulfate, inkstone or pine needles.
Cuttings should be carried out in the last decade of June. Large distinctive features there is no cuttings from garden hydrangea. In this case, you do not need to shorten the leaves. The soil used is similar.
The plant should be planted in a permanent place of germination near structures or special hedges. in a lighted place... This arrangement will protect the plant from the wind. Since panicle hydrangea perfectly tolerates gas pollution, the bush can be grown near the road. In colder northern regions it is recommended to warm the bushes for the winter, and leave the sprouted cuttings in indoor conditions until next year.
Large-leaved hydrangea
Such hydrangea can be grafted throughout the summer. Most of cuttings during the winter can die, so initially they should be planted in a greenhouse or flowerpots. The large-leaved hydrangea is very delicate and rather capricious. It is best to carry out high-quality insulation for the winter.
As it became clear that hydrangea - a very attractive plant... But the propagation of hydrangea by cuttings in the summer is a rather troublesome and time-consuming process. Therefore, during grafting, you should be patient, because harvesting the cuttings and rooting them is very troublesome. But all the work and time spent will pay off when beautiful bushes bloom on the site and decorate the yard. Whether it will be possible to do this the first time or not depends on the person himself.