Hydrangea Sweet Starlight

When should I plant the Sweet Starlight Hydrangea?

The best time to plant the Sweet Starlight Hydrangea is anytime during autumn, winter, and spring. This enables the plant to recover from the transplanting process and establish before the heat of summer arrives. You can still plant Sweet Starlight Hydrangeas in summer provided you keep the water up to them. Make sure you a choose a sheltered location that gets full sun for at least five hours per day and has a moist and well-drained soil. When planting do not put any fertiliser in the hole, but rather spread is across the soil surface after planting and then water the plant well. The Plant Company recommends placing bark mulch or similar around the plants after planting to suppress weeds and preserve the soil moisture. With these tips we are sure your Sweet Starlight Hydrangea will reward you with beautiful flowers and foliage.

What is the best fertiliser for the Sweet Starlight Hydrangea?

Sweet Starlight Hydrangeas are vigorous plants that require feeding to keep them flowering and growing optimally. A lot of articles have all sorts of advice on this subject but we prefer to keep it simple. The Plant Company’s shrub fertiliser has been blended to give plants an initial boost and then sustained nutrition for 12-months. This fertiliser is applied to the soil surface in spring just as the buds start to burst. More importantly, we advise that no fertiliser is placed in the hole at planting, but rather spread around the soil surface so it can wash through the roots as it releases. The Plant Company’s shrub fertiliser ensures that nutrients remain in the soil around the plant rather than being lost through the soil profile to where the plant cannot reach it. This also applies to plants grown on sandy soils. This fertiliser is therefore very environmentally friendly and longer lasting than most other products in the market and is therefore the best fertiliser for the Sweet Starlight Hydrangea. It can also be blended with fertiliser for acid-loving plants if you think the soil needs acidifying.