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Snow-white hydrangea Magical Mont Blanc is a perennial plant with magnificent fluffy inflorescences that form a cone with a greenish top. Gardeners around the world prefer this variety, as the plant adapts perfectly to any, even harsh, conditions. Hydrangea blooms profusely all summer, being the main decoration of the summer cottage. The variety Magical Mont Blanc is characterized by increased winter hardiness, the bush can be left for the winter in the garden or taken home to the loggia, balcony or greenhouse.
Snow-white hydrangea will decorate a personal plot of any size
Description of Hydrangea Magical Mont Blanc
Hydrangea paniculata Magical Mont Blanc is an ornamental shrub with green small regular-shaped leaves and large fluffy snow-white inflorescences with a light green crown. A compact and even bush reaches a height of about 120 cm, all shoots are of the same length, the inflorescences are pyramidal in shape.
Hydrangea paniculata Mont Blanc in landscape design
Gardeners plant shrubs near high walls, fences, and large trees to protect the plant from drafts. Airy inflorescences of snow-white color decorate the flower bed, giving a bright accent – both during the flowering period and in autumn, when the leaves of the ornamental shrub turn bright red.
Lush flowers are planted next to spring shrubs – lilac, spirea, mock orange. Medical Mont Blanc replaces wilted blooms and provides a beautiful flower bed for the rest of the season.
The inflorescences of the paniculata Medical Mont Blanc are cone-shaped.
Winter hardiness of Hydrangea Magical Mont Blanc
This variety of perennial hydrangea is characterized by increased winter hardiness. The shrub is successfully grown even by gardeners in Western Siberia and the Far East. In the European part of Our Country, hydrangea can be found even more often. Medical Mont Blanc can withstand even the most severe winters, provided proper care and timely shelter of the shrub.
Planting and caring for hydrangea Mont Blanc
You can buy seedlings of varietal hydrangea in autumn or spring. After the purchase, it is important to take into account all the nuances of planting and proper care of the plant in order to admire the chic pyramidal inflorescences of snow-white color all summer long.
The abundance of flowering depends on the correct planting in open ground.
Selection and preparation of the landing site
Paniculata hydrangea loves exceptionally fertile soils, neutral, without traces of lime and alkali. In appearance, a small shrub has a powerful root system, the rhizomes go far from the trunk of the plant, so bulbous flowers should not be planted next to hydrangeas. Frequent digging of the soil for transplanting tulips, hyacinths, crocuses or gladioli can damage the roots of the Panicula hydrangea Medical Mont Blanc.
Sawdust, brown peat or needles will help to neutralize the increased acidity of the soil. Do not plant shrubs in sand or clay. The illumination of the site should be moderate, the plant loves the light, but grows well in partial shade. Lack of sunlight can affect the abundance of flowering.
Rules of landing
Medical Mont Blanc is planted in spring or autumn. For shrubs, it is necessary to prepare a place with well-drained loamy soil. Dig a wide hole, fill with water and leave for a day. Next, fill the pit with humus, peat, fertile soil with a share of sand, add 30 g of urea, superphosphate and potassium sulfate for feeding, mix with loose earth and let it brew a little.
Before planting, cut the roots of the shrub, lower the seedling into the ground, straighten the root system. Pour water, mulch with humus, needles or sour peat. At first, it is recommended to protect the plant from direct sunlight.
Seedlings planted in the spring are likely to bloom this year. Autumn planting requires careful warming of the root zone of the plant.
Lush inflorescences adorn the flower bed and look good in the cut.
Watering and top dressing
In the hot season, gardeners need to take care of the regular watering of the panicled hydrangea Medzhikal Mont Blanc. The shrub is very fond of water, suffers from drying out of the soil. Water the earth abundantly once a week and mulch around the trunk in any way.
The plant needs regular feeding. Usually paniculate hydrangea needs to be fertilized in early spring, at the time of awakening. Organic fertilizers based on mullein or bird droppings are applied to the ground. The next stage of fertilization is carried out in the summer – during the period of budding and active flowering of hydrangeas. A solution of potassium sulfate, urea and superphosphate is poured into the root zone. For 10 liters of water, approximately 25-30 g of each substance. The last feeding of the plant for the year is done before the onset of winter, when the plant is prepared for hibernation. You can buy a special fertilizer for hydrangeas, which does not contain nitrogenous compounds.
Ready-made fertilizers for abundant flowering must be applied according to the schedule
Pruning hydrangea paniculata Magical Mont Blanc
This is one of the mandatory stages, providing abundant flowering shrubs. At the end of March, with the help of pruning, an ideal hydrangea bush is formed. Gardeners leave 7-10 healthy shoots with 3-5 buds. Old plants are subject to obligatory pruning, the places of cuts usually give young shoots after a year.
Preparation for winter
Paniculata hydrangea Medical Mont Blanc does not need to be covered for the winter. Varieties of this type of ornamental shrub withstand frosts down to -35 degrees. Only a young hydrangea planted in autumn can suffer from severe weather. Many gardeners prefer not to even cut dried inflorescences, making all manipulations with the plant exclusively in early spring.
Reproduction
The most traditional method of propagating Paniculata Hydrangea Medical Mont Blanc is cuttings. After pruning, the cuttings are not thrown away, but placed in a root solution for several days. Later they are added dropwise so that 2-3 buds are in the ground. When the first leaves appear, young shoots should be protected from the sun. A paniculate hydrangea bush will be ready for transplanting to a permanent place in 4-5 years.
Diseases and pests
Paniculata hydrangea is able to withstand many diseases and various pests, but prevention is necessary. The main hazards for the Magical Mont Blanc variety are:
- aphid;
- snails;
- spider mite;
- white or gray rot;
- ring spot virus;
- septoria;
- powdery mildew;
- gall nematodes;
- transferosis;
- chlorosis.
Acoricidal preparations – akarina, aktar, aktellika help to fight pests and diseases. But there is also a folk way to fight, for example, gardeners often use garlic to get rid of aphids. It is necessary to pour 250-300 g of cloves with a bucket of water, after a day add 50 g of grated laundry soap. The bush is treated from all sides, trying to evenly distribute the solution over the surface of the trunk. The drug fundazol effectively fights powdery mildew, a common disease of paniculate hydrangeas.
A diseased plant loses its attractiveness
Conclusion
Hydrangea Medzhikal Mont Blanc is a rather unpretentious plant. Suitable for both an experienced gardener and a beginner in growing ornamental shrubs. Snow-white inflorescences look spectacular in the cut, they are often made the accent of a wedding celebration and a bride’s bouquet.