Features of pruning hydrangeas in the fall

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Hydrangea is a beautiful ornamental plant, distinguished by its unpretentiousness. In order for the plant to please its owner with abundant flowering every season, it is important to pay attention to its formation. The most beginner-friendly option is pruning the hydrangea in the fall.

Features of pruning hydrangeas in the fall

Features of autumn pruning

Pruning hydrangeas both in autumn and spring allows you to control the growth of the plant, preventing the crushing of the inflorescences and reducing their number. With the correct procedure, the garden variety looks more attractive.

The main nuances of pruning a bush in the fall depend on the type of flowering. The bush can produce flowers on annual and last year branches. The first type includes Anabel Pink, Anabel Strong, Incredibol, Vanilla Freyz (Vanilla Fries), Phantom, etc., the second - Macrophila, Keria, Deytsia, Nikko Blue, etc. According to the type of germination, varieties are divided into 3 types:

• paniculate;
• large-leaved;
• tree-like.

The paniculate variety grows into a tree, has 1 stem and several shoots. The tree-like bush grows, like the large-leaved hydrangea. But the latter is a flower that gives inflorescences on last year's branches. Therefore, the cropping will be different.

Young shrubs are cut in half, old ones - at the root. If the plant has not been cared for and it has grown, it will have to be cut in several stages - to form a bush in the spring and for the winter gradually, in 2-3 seasons. Doing all the work in one go can take away the life of the shrub.

Separate requirements relate to the timing of the formation of flowers. It is worth pruning them after the end of the flowering period, when the beautiful fragrant buds dry up and the foliage will fall off. For the Moscow region, a favorable period for gardening begins in late October or early November. Previously, you do not need to do this, because there is a risk of weakening the flower's immunity.

Benefits of Autumn Pruning

The owner of the plant himself decides whether to cut the bush for the winter or do such a procedure in the spring. But pruning hydrangeas in the fall is still preferable, because before hibernation, it goes into a dormant state. So the plant will not weaken due to the abundant secretion of juice on the cuts and will endure the winter.

Another advantage is more free time. Autumn time is the period when a person is minimally busy. He has little trouble in the garden. Therefore, it will not be difficult to organize proper care of the garden beauty. If they contain not a garden shrub, but an indoor shrub, it is required to cut it both in spring and before winter. After the end of the growing season, the branches are shortened so that in the next season their growth is intense, and in the spring, weak shoots are removed.

Pruning large-leaved hydrangea

A feature of the large-leaved variety of the plant is the flowering of last year's shoots. Therefore, cleaning is carried out carefully, without affecting the young branches that will bloom next spring.

The scheme for pruning large-leaved hydrangeas in the fall depends on the preferences of the gardener. Before wintering, you can remove only dried leaves and inflorescences, leaving a couple of eyes, and carry out the rest of the work in the spring. Another option for pruning hydrangea in the fall:

1. Young shoots of a large-leaved variety are left.
2. Remove two-year-old lignified branches.
3. Cleaning of lignified branches is carried out before shoots that have already faded this year.

Working with the tool, they leave a small stump of 1.5-2 cm. Making a cut close to the kidneys is dangerous, they may die. After pruning the large-leaved variety, the bush takes cover for a favorable winter.

Pruning panicle hydrangea

Taking care of a flower is easy

There will be less hassle with this type of flower. Skeletal branches do not need to be touched. Only dried panicles, as well as young shoots growing in the depths of the bush, are pruned by panicle hydrangea in the fall. The rest of the work is organized after wintering.

Correct autumn pruning of a garden hydrangea is carried out as follows:

1. Faded shoots are cut off to 2-3 eyes, and zero ones are completely disposed of.
2. Sanitary cleaning is carried out in the spring, the shoots are shortened for the growth of new inflorescences. This scheme is important for beginners to adhere to.
3. Experienced gardeners can carry out most of the work before the onset of cold weather, leaving 3-4 pairs of eyes in stock (shaping for flowering).

It is worth leaving the minimum number of kidneys, because they affect the growth and flowering intensity of the bush in the next year.

Pruning a tree species

Pruning a tree hydrangea in the fall has a lot of features. It sprouts as a shrub, is distinguished by the intensity of growth and great thickening. Shoots on it are both zero and sprouting on skeletal branches. Therefore, the formation of the plant will take effort.

Due to its characteristics, the plant needs complex cleaning. It is carried out before wintering:

1. Sanitary shaping. Get rid of damaged, dry and diseased branches.
2. Rejuvenating shaping. Old shoots with weak growth are removed.
3. Thinning shaping. Zero shoots are removed, as well as young branches growing inside the shrub.

When starting the autumn pruning of the tree hydrangea in the fall, take into account the need for a stock of well-developed eyes. Leave such 2-3 pairs, with the onset of heat, they will begin to grow intensively and form inflorescences.

For those who cut a flower in the fall, it is important to inspect it in the spring. The remaining shoots can freeze and even break due to cold weather.

Recommendations for beginners

High-quality pruning of hydrangeas in the fall is hampered by ignorance of the peculiarities of flower care. Not all varieties lend themselves to formation, for example, a liana-shaped flower, which is not cut off, but only damaged shoots and dry foliage are removed from it.

If the garden contains a tree-like, paniculate or large-leaved variety, they start pruning hydrangeas in the fall for beginners only 3-4 years after planting. After a short pruning is performed, and each subsequent season, the following activities are carried out:

• get rid of panicles;
• shorten the branches;
• remove weak and damaged shoots.

If a flower is actively growing and blooming in the last season, it is important to thin it out. Annual shoots growing inward are removed. This will make room for the growth of new young shoots.

Conclusion

It is better to prune the flower in the fall than in the spring. Pruning hydrangeas in autumn is easier on the flower, and it will be easier for the gardener to find time to work in the garden. Correct action will lead to abundant flowering in the next season, and will also prevent buds from shrinking.