The attractive, lush climbing hydrangeas with their beautiful creamy-white plate flowers are not only suitable for greening house walls and the like, they can also be cultivated in pots if provided with a suitable climbing aid.
How can you grow a climbing hydrangea in a pot?
A climbing hydrangea in a pot requires a generous, deep planting area and a climbing aid such as a trellis, rope system, climbing net or wire frame. The soil should always be kept moist but not waterlogged to ensure optimal growth.
Which climbing aids are suitable?
On the balcony, on the terrace or in the seating area in the garden, no one likes to sit like they're on a presentation plate and be exposed to everyone's gaze. For this reason, privacy screens are often installed in such locations, which do not just have to consist of a wall. Much nicer is a natural privacy screen, such as the lively climbing plants that the climbing hydrangea creates over the years. To do this, plant the climbing hydrangea in a sufficiently large planter - the larger the better - and offer it a climbing aid. Examples of suitable climbing aids for the pot are:
- Trellis made of wood or metal
- a rope system (also designed by myself)
- Trail nets
- Wire frame
Pyramids or obelisks made of cast iron look particularly pretty.
Planting climbing hydrangea in a pot
It is important that the plant pot is as large and deep as possible - in this case there is no such thing as a plant pot that is too large. The container should also have a drainage hole at the bottom so that excess irrigation water can drain away and prevent waterlogging - climbing hydrangeas are very sensitive to this. Climbing hydrangeas are planted in the pot as follows:
- Fill the bottom layer with coarse-grained material (e.g. perlite (€10.00 on Amazon)) for better water drainage.
- Now spread an air and water permeable fleece over it.
- Now mix normal flower and bog soil with some compost.
- Fill the potting soil halfway into the pot.
- Hold the root ball of the climbing hydrangea inside.
- Fill in the remaining soil.
- Make sure that there are no cavities.
- Press the plant well and water it thoroughly.
Now you can carefully attach the individual shoots to the climbing aid. However, do not pull the threads too tightly, otherwise the plant may be injured.
Tips & Tricks
Hydreneas are very thirsty plants. This is particularly true for plants grown in pots, which is why you always need to water well and abundantly. The earth must not dry out. However, it is important to avoid waterlogging at all costs.
