| Life form | Grassy, bush |
| Family | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin | Japan |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy with small difficulties. |
| The size | In room conditions up to 60 cm in height. |
| Growth rate | Fast enough, rooted cuttings bloom for the next year. |
| Lifespan | The plant is a perennial plant, grows 3-4 years in the pot, sometimes grows 1 year, then cut or discarded. |
| Temperature | In summer, for a better flowering, the temperature is not higher than 64,4 ° F, in winter about 44,6 ° F. |
| Humidity | Sprinkle with soft water every day. |
| Lighting | Bright diffused light. Shade on the southern window. The east window is ideal. |
| The soil | The soil must be breathable. Sand or perlite with peat should be added if it is too dense. For a mixture of own preparation, take: 1 part of the turf ground, 1 part coarse-grained sand or perlite and 2 parts peat or humus (leaf land). You can add coniferous earth. Always use a pot with an opening and drainage. If the soil reaction is alkaline (pH 7.5 and above), the flowers have a white or pink color, depending on the variety; in acidic soil (pH 5.5 and below) the color becomes blue or violet. In order to obtain blue or violet color is to be added to the soil iron-ammonium alum or aluminum sulfate. |
| Watering | The soil must be constantly moist. However, one should also beware of overflow. During growth, it is necessary to water at least 1 time in 2 days, in winter – 1 time in 10 days. Pot should be placed for 10 minutes in a container of water, then let it drain. Blue varieties should be watered with soft water. |
| Fertilizer | During the growing season every 10-15 days with liquid fertilizer. The plant requires a rather fertile soil. |
| Reproduction | For multiplication, apical cuttings 7-10 cm in length can be used when pruning. The stalk must have at least 2 leaves. Root in a mixture of wet peat and perlite in conditions of high humidity at a temperature of 75,2 ° F, pre-treating the stalk with heteroauxin. Cover should be covered with polyethylene. As the cuttings grow, one should pinch. |
| Bloom | Large spherical inflorescences of white, pink, blue, lilac. Blossom from April to November. |
| Transfer | Once in 2-3 years. The size of the new pot should be 1.5 times larger than the previous one. Can not be transplanted during the flowering period. |
| Features of care | The plant needs a cool wintering, at a temperature above 64,4 ° F it can dump leaves. Spring should be pruned: leave on each shoot 2 pairs of leaves. |
| Difficulties | Affected by pests: spider mites, mealybugs, thrips, aphids. Plants respond very quickly to a lack of moisture: the leaves hang and may later fall off (the pot with the plant for an hour should be placed in a vessel with water). When there is insufficient light, the leaves turn yellow. Young leaves are yellow, and the old are the veins when watering hard water. In spring or after flowering, the plant does not grow with a lack of nutrients. The tips of the leaves dry in dry air or with insufficient watering. With insufficient watering, the plant may appear brown spots, and light spots appear with excessive watering. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | Do not eat leaves inside. |
