Many modern gardeners seek to grow hydrangea tree-like Magic Pinkerbell in the gardens. Once it was planted only in the royal gardens, and was named after the princess. The plant has other names (purple sun, hydrangea), each of which highlights the peculiarity of a beautiful flowering bush.
Origin and appearance
The Magic Pinkerbell variety was bred by a Dutch florist about 10 years ago, but the plant was patented in 2018. The plant has the following characteristics: it is a tree-like bush with strong straight stems that do not fall even after a strong thunderstorm. The leaves are ovoid in shape and stand out in dark green. In the fall they turn yellow.
Flowering bush
Note! On the Internet you can meet the Magic Tinkerbell hydrangea, but this is a mistake. There really is no such variety.
How to bloom
In early summer, the hydrangea tree-like Magic Pinkerbell is covered with large paniculate inflorescences of a pink hue on strong stems. If you look closely at the brushes, you can see that next to large spherical flowers, inconspicuous small white and pink whiten.
For your information! Inflorescences are infertile, but small green fruits grow out of them.
Transplant after purchase in open ground
Hydrangea Magic Pinkerbell should be acquired in early spring or at the very beginning of September. During spring planting, it is important to attach the plant before the buds have blossomed, but in many regions of Russia the soil at this time is still frozen. In such an area, it is better to plant hydrangea in early autumn. While the weather is warm, it is raining. The Magic will release new roots in a new place, which will allow it to endure the winter cold.
What you need for landing
Planting hydrangea has some features. First you need to prepare a pit with a width of 50 cm. The day before planting, it is filled with water. After the moisture has completely gone, 20 cm of hydrangea soil should be poured into the bottom, containing peat, needles, earth from under deciduous trees, equal parts of humus and sand.
It is also necessary to fertilize - 1 tbsp. spoon of potassium superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Do not add lime, chalk, wood bark. These components will destroy the seedling.
A hydrangea bush together with a lump of earth is set in a pit, filled with soil mixture and watered.
Note!To prevent moisture from evaporating, the trunk circle is mulched. For this purpose, sawdust, finely crumbling tree bark are suitable.
Hydrangea planting
Choosing the best place
Magic Pinkerbell is a hydrangea that does not tolerate a bright sunny color. In the open, its growth slows down, flowering is not plentiful, and inflorescences are large. For her, it is better to choose a semi-shaded area, closed from the wind. The soil should be moist, slightly acidic, but not swampy. The plant is resistant to low temperatures, but it is better to cover the bush with a synthetic cloth. If the shoots freeze, new ones will quickly grow from the root.
Important!For hydrangea, it is better to prepare a support-ladder, since the shoots do not always withstand heavy inflorescences.
Step-by-step landing process
Hydrangea planting is performed as follows:
- A month before planting a new species, you need to choose a place, markup and prepare a hole of suitable size.
- Water the pit and fill it with the soil mixture.
- The seedling is removed from the container and placed in the center of the pit.
- It is necessary to make sure that the root neck protrudes slightly from the ground, all the roots lay flat and free.
- The soil is poured in a circle, slightly tamped.
- After the pit is almost full, pour a bucket of water, wait until it is absorbed and add soil to the edge of the pit.
It remains to mulch the soil, cover the plant from the sun, wind and periodically water it.
Breeding
The Magic Pinkerbell variety can be propagated in many ways, but gardeners consider the cuttings to be the best.
Propagation by cuttings
Planting material is cut after young shoots appear on the bush. Not very thin branches about 10 cm long are cut. The cut is processed with a growth stimulator, and the cuttings are planted in a greenhouse. It remains to look after them and wait.
Growing from layering
Many gardeners are breeding hydrangeas in the spring. How to do this by way of layering:
- the soil under the bush should be dug up and leveled;
- it is necessary to dig a few long grooves in which to lay annual shoots and cover with earth.
Note! By autumn, new branches appear on the layering. After the young shoots rise to 50 cm, they can be cut off from the mother bush and planted in a new place.
Hydrangea propagation
Bush division
The easiest way to propagate is to divide the bush. To do this, dig hydrangea, rinse the roots, cut into several parts and plant the resulting bushes.
Care
It’s easy to take care of a hydrangea bush of a tree-like Magical Pinkerbell growing in open ground, but adherence to agrotechnical rules is mandatory.
Watering mode
Magic Pinkerbell is very moody. Although she loves moisture very much, it should not be watered with any water. It should be warm and settled, but not stagnant, otherwise the roots will begin to rot. Chlorinated water provokes leaf chlorosis.
Water the bush should be 2 times a week, pouring up to 5 buckets of water under an adult bush. It is necessary to try so that the stream of water gets under the root. If the root circle of the bush is mulled or it rains, the amount of watering can be reduced.
Top dressing
In order for the bush to please with lush flowering, twice a year it is necessary to fertilize. The first time hydrangea is fed after the soil begins to swell. It is better to take a urea solution - 2 g per 1 liter of water. After the color falls, mineral fertilizers are applied under the bush. Experts recommend feeding hydrangea in the summer, taking organic fertilizer for this purpose.
Features of care during the flowering period
As soon as the buds appeared on the bush, it is necessary to loosen the soil of the trunk circle well and apply fertilizer - potassium sulfate along with superphosphate. After this, the bush needs to be watered well, but so that the stream of water does not fall on the buds and flowers.
Important! If the weather is dry, then you need to water the flower often.
Winter preparations
Hydrangea Magic Pinkerbell is unpretentious, but if it freezes in winter, then in spring you should not wait for magnificent inflorescences. In autumn, you need to remove thin branches and shoots directed to the middle of the bush. Fallen leaves need to be raked.
The bush should be divided into several parts, the tree-like shoots of each part should be connected, bent to the ground, fixed. Non-woven material is poured onto hydrangea, a layer of dry leaves is poured, a film and heavy material are laid that will not blow away the wind. If you follow the description and do everything right, then the bush will endure winter without frost.
Flowering in early spring
Hydrangea Magic Pinkerbell is beautiful. With appropriate care, every spring the bush will delight with lush flowering, which will last until mid-summer.
