In this video, our expert will tell you how to grow large-leaved hydrangea. You can buy hydrangea here http://greensad.ua/category/krupnolis... 01:22 The soil for such hydrangeas is very important. It should be slightly acidic. 02:11 Now the planting site. So, hydrangea is a light-loving plant, but bright sunlight and open sunny places are contraindicated for it. Therefore, choose some well-lit place, but illuminated by diffused light. 03:13 Gardeners often ask what time of year to plant large-leaved hydrangea. It is best to do this in the spring, when the threat of spring frosts has passed, when the soil has warmed up enough. 03:32. If you plant several bushes of large-leaved hydrangea, keep in mind that the plant grows quite large. Therefore, the distance between neighbors should be at least 1 m. When planting, it would be good to add organic and mineral fertilizers to the planting hole. 03:50 This will help to form flower buds for next year. And of course, it is best to mulch the trunk circle immediately when planting. 04:31 It is better to water with rain, soft water. Never use water directly, tap water. It is too hard and has an alkaline reaction. 02:12 And if you add iron preparations, such as iron cupros or iron chelate, then the color of these flowers from pink may shift to the blue side. Some gardeners even do such experiments, on the one hand they add these preparations, but on the other they do not. 06:33 Closer to autumn, you need to prepare your bush for winter. What is needed for this. First of all, water. The better you water it, the more chances it will survive the winter, and next year it will delight you with flowers. Already at the beginning of autumn, when the first frosts begin, it is advisable to hill it. 06:55 Hill it up about thirty centimeters in height, pour some extra soil here, but do not take it from under the bush itself, but bring good dry soil from somewhere. And cover it simply with agrofibre. Closer to real frosts, somewhere around November, it is advisable to insulate, of course, for real. 07:14 Cover it with dry leaves, cover it with some kind of box on top and cover it with agrofibre on top. Under such conditions, you have a good chance that the hydrangea will survive the winter. And most importantly, the apical buds will be preserved, on which, in fact, it will bloom. Now a very important question regarding pruning large-leaved hydrangea. 07:55 Cut out the very old shoots or if it has formed a lot of young ones, they can also be thinned out a little. The tops are always a very difficult question. When it blooms, you remove the already dried inflorescence in the spring, but remove it to the first living bud, not lower.