Fire Tree How To Plant

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Introducing the incredible Fire Tree How To Plant – the ultimate guide to planting and ⁣growing ⁣your very own Fire ⁢Tree!

Are you tired of continuously searching for detailed instructions on how to successfully grow and nurture your Fire Tree? Look no further, as we have designed the Fire Tree How To Plant to provide you with all the essential information and guidelines you need to cultivate a healthy, vibrant Fire Tree right in your⁤ own backyard.

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1.⁤ Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide: Our ⁣Fire Tree How To Plant offers a ⁣comprehensive step-by-step manual that walks you through every stage of the planting and growing process. From selecting the perfect location ⁣for your Fire Tree to ensuring optimal soil conditions and watering techniques, we’ve got you covered.

2. Illustrated Planting Techniques: We understand that visual aids⁢ can greatly enhance⁣ the learning experience. That’s why our guide incorporates⁢ vivid illustrations, demonstrating the correct​ planting techniques⁤ and procedures. These illustrations make it easy for beginners ⁢and seasoned gardeners alike to‌ understand‌ and implement the instructions effectively.

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“Hydrangeas have so many winning attributes, it’s hard to imagine an easier group of plants to grow, or any other flowering shrubs capable of providing vibrant color for so long a season”
-from the Introduction

The large number of hydrangea cultivars developed in recent years has done much to increase their popularity across North America. Gardeners in colder regions, who could not grow these brilliant bloomers, now have many choices available. Today there are new super-hardy, dwarf and compact varieties; new colors; and new forms of these satisfying plants.

Glyn Church celebrates these developments in this comprehensive guide. Illustrated with lush color photographs on every page, Complete Hydrangeas features:

More than 230 recommended clones, cultivars and related plants
The latest developments in hybridization
Planting, pruning, pests and propagation
Choosing the best plant for the location
Special advice on growing red, pink and blue blooms
Using hydrangeas in garden design
Companion plantings
Growing in containers
Caring for cut blooms, and enjoying hydrangeas in the home.

The author’s advice, guidance and enthusiasm will have readers enjoying these show-stopping blooms in their own gardens.

From the Publisher

Complete Hydrangeas

Introduction

Hydrangeas are back in fashion after a few decades of being ignored. I find it hard to fathom why their popularity ever waned when they have so many wonderful qualities. Hydrangeas can be everything from formal shrubs in a courtyard to the visual highlight of a woodland garden. If you only have a paved area, or perhaps no garden at all, you can still enjoy hydrangeas in containers, maybe as widow box subjects in an apartment, as a flowering potted plant on your dining table, or in vases around your living areas. No other plant is so diverse, so resilient or gives such pleasure for so long.

Over the years hydrangeas have won me over completely. From initially thinking of these plants as simply a fill-in shrub for summer color, I now see hidden depths and qualities in every one. This has driven me to some lengths to acquire new hydrangeas; everything from importing new varieties to extend the range available, to trekking through remote regions and abandoned homesteads looking for old faithfuls that have survived the centuries. The old house may fall down and disintegrate, but next to its foundations the ever-resilient hydrangea lives on. In this quest I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had the help of Corinne and Robert Mallet in France, Mal and Mary Kay Condon in the United States and Maurice Foster in England. Al these enthusiasts have introduced me to new plants and sent me material. In New Zealand I was indebted to the late Os Blumhardt, who kept an old labeled collection of hydrangeas long after most people would have dug them out as “unfashionable.” With Os’s help I’ve been able to restore some long-lost varieties to Europe and the United States. I’ve also trekked around the world searching for wild hydrangeas in Korea, China and the Himalayas. In Bhutan we found hydrangea plants as big as old pear trees. Not only were they large enough to climb, but on occasion I observed langur monkeys among their branches, teasing a yapping dog below.

Someone in the United States (Martha Stewart, I think) decided in the year 1999 to call the hydrangea “the plant of the next millennium.” I would be delighted to think these shrubs could be popular for the next thousand years, and with the never-ending range of colors and new cultivars available, there’s no reason that this can’t be prophetic.

The macrophylla type of hydrangea has a new-found popularity, primarily for two reasons. Firstly, the shrubs are now appreciated as exceptional providers of long-lasting cut flowers to decorate homes throughout the year. Secondly, for garden use, growers have discovered what are called “remontant” varieties capable of sending up new flower stalks all summer. In cold regions, flowering canes may die in winter, or the early flowers are frosted and killed in spring, resulting in no flowers during the months following. Now, with the remontant types sending up new flower stems from below the frosted buds, even people in cold regions can enjoy hydrangeas in their garden. People like Michael Dirr, professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia in Atlanta, have set up extensive breeding programs to find hardier cultivars and ones resistant to common diseases. There has also been a huge increase in the number and popularity of H. paniculata and H. quercifolia as these are more reliably hardy and will therefore grow in more regions of the country. This has encouraged nurserymen to look for new clones of these species and has given us some splendid new varieties to grace our gardens—doubles, pinks and bicolored forms, all adding to the hydrangea’s appeal.

In Japan, the home of many hydrangeas, the shrubs were long seen as inconstant because they can change color depending on the soil type in which they grow. Despite this limitation, their popularity continues with the Japanese, who are now introducing a host of delicious double-flowered lacecaps in both the macrophylla and serrata series. It seems that all over the world these classic garden shrubs are enjoying a renaissance.

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Immaculata’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Blue Wave’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Dooley’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Harlequin’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Merveille Sanguine’

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Piamina’

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books (March 20, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1554072638
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1554072637
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.5 x 10.13 inches