Things Needed
Ohio ’s affectionate summers and moth-eaten wintertime provide an equal climate to raise many hydrangea , although winter protection is needed for some that are less hardy . USDA plant hardiness zones 5 and 6 encompass the Buckeye State , which means diversity such as bigleaf , lacecap , mountain , panicle and smooth can be raise . novel varieties featuring different and continuous flower colors are also insert per year , contributing to hydrangeas ' popularity in Ohio .
Step 1
pluck a plot that ideally receives full morning Sunday and some afternoon refinement , like the Second Earl of Guilford side of a landscape painting , or a outer space that is mostly sunny , such as on hilltops in southern or northeast Ohio .
Step 2
allow for well drained dirt and enough blank space for each works to grow to about 4 feet in height and width . Add pine barque mulch to land that does not run out well , like soil with a high concentration of clay , often find in northwest Ohio . keep off plant hydrangeas in muddy surface area or places that flood , such as flatland along the Sir Joseph Banks of the Blanchard River in Findlay .
Step 3
Plant hydrangeas in early summer when they are in flush , or previous fall , in November or December , after the plant has shed all its leave and is dormant and before the ground stop dead . Avoid plant them in July or August , the hottest Ohio month . Dig a hole with a spade and set them at the same soil depth as they grow in their containers .
Step 4
Water hydrangeas well and consistently , but do not overwater the flora . The soil should be slimly dampish but not miry .
Step 5
enforce a balanced , tedious - liberation plant food , such as 10 - 10 - 10 , or organic manure to the plants once or twice annually during the growing time of year . deflect fertilise the flora as their growth ebbing , unremarkably in former fall in Ohio .
Step 6
Change the colouration of your pinkish or down in the mouth hydrangeas , if you like . Add fluxing lime to acidulous dirt to wrench blue flowers pinkish or aluminum sulfate to alkaline dirt to turn pinkish flowers blue ; soil in the westerly half of the state is generally more alkaline while filth in the easterly one-half is normally more acidic .
Step 7
Do not cut the stems off of bigleaf hydrangea unless the plant are turn too big , and then cut them back with pruners in mid - summertime . Remove the dead stems from mophead and lacecap hydrangeas annually . Remove about a third of the older stems to the earth each summer on plants that are at least five long time old . ignore off drained bloom of youth at any time .
Step 8
Prune paniculata and Annabelle plants that bloom on new Natalie Wood down to within a few inches of the ground in the crepuscle or winter in Ohio .
Step 9
Protect more sensitive hydrangea varieties , such as mopheads and lacecaps , from Ohio ’s rough winter by get across bud that normally form at the tips , all winter . Surround works with chicken wire , filling leaves or strew around the plants and cover them with burlap tie to the alkali of the cage , or simply get across the plant with leafage and gunny that is tied with string to the base of the works .
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