Thursday, May 20, 2010

My Hydrangea won't bloom?

I planted a Hydrangea 2 years ago. I planted it while it had flowers but since it has not bloomed. Last year I planted one on either side, both with flowers, still nothing. The leaves are really nice and green but I have no flowers.

My Hydrangea won't bloom?
Don't cut it back. If you cut a Hydrangea back, it won't bloom the next year. The buds are at the tips of the branches.





Give it a high Phosphorus fertizer, like 10-60-10, or 0-44-0.


(The middle number is phosphorus).
Reply:Feed it!
Reply:Don't worry, it will, they don't bloom until later in the year and when they have and the flowers are finished, cut it back to encourage new growth for next year.
Reply:Oh my, such conflicting advice about pruning Hydrangeas. Truth is, if you live in the New England Area, your Hydrangeas have always bloomed on new and old wood. If you lived elsewhere in the U.S. they bloomed on new wood only so you would prune in the Fall. If you did this, a late Frost in the Spring would kill the buds and that would be it for the year. Now, they sell Everblooming Hydrangeas which bloom on old and new wood regardless of where you live. I hope that resolved that issue!
Reply:The easy answer is that you pruned it. Hydrangea's flower only on old wood. If you had not pruned it, then I would try an organic fertilizer.
Reply:you're over-fertilizing it. lay off the Miracle Grow / etc. for the rest of the season and maybe consider mixing in some garden-sulfur into the soil near it to really make the flowers "pop" when the nitrogen starts to balance out from the over-feedings.
Reply:They will. This month they should start putting on some blooms. the they won't have full color until later this month.


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