Profusely flowering hydrangea pyramids are often offered in garden shops. They taper from the wide base area towards the top and offer an extremely attractive appearance with their numerous flowers.
What are hydrangea pyramids and how to care for them?
Hydrangea pyramids are narrow-growing hydrangea plants that maintain their attractive growth habit through regular pruning. Panicle hydrangeas are particularly suitable for this form. General care includes acidic substrate, regular watering, fertilization and winter protection.
Growth habit
The Hydrangea Pyramid is not a special breeding form; Rather, hydrangea plants with narrow growth are often referred to as pyramids. Panicle hydrangeas, which grow rather slenderly, can also be grown in a pyramid shape. This means that these hydrangeas require less space and they fit well into small gardens.
How to cut the hydrangea pyramid?
By pruning regularly, you can determine the growth height yourself and maintain the attractive growth habit. However, if your hydrangea is a plant in cutting group 1, you should only cut it back slightly.
Hydrangeas in cutting group 1 produce next year's flowers the previous year. If you open a bud in autumn, you can already see the petals that will unfold the following year. If you cut back heavily, you will inevitably remove the flower heads and have to do without lush flowers next year.
Special case of panicle hydrangea
Pranicle hydrangeas, on the other hand, can be cut into shape like classic summer bloomers. Shorten the shoots of these relatively frost-resistant hydrangeas in late autumn or spring to the desired length and pyramid shape. In the new gardening season, the hydrangea will sprout vigorously and bloom on this year's wood.
General care instructions
Otherwise, the same care tips apply to the hydrangea pyramids as to all hydrangea varieties:
- Place hydrangeas in acidic substrate. Hydrangea, rhododendron or azalea soil is well suited.
- Keep the soil well moist and water regularly. Be sure to avoid waterlogging, which can lead to root rot.
- The richly blooming hydrangea pyramid requires a lot of energy and must be regularly supplied with a special hydrangea fertilizer.
- Even hardy hydrangeas need winter protection made of brushwood or garden fleece.
- Sensitive varieties in harsh locations prefer to overwinter indoors.
Tips & Tricks
Alternatively, you can grow climbing hydrangeas yourself in cast iron pyramids. The richly flowering hydrangeas enchant with their attractive autumn colors and thus create attractive accents in the garden all year round.
