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Astilbe - all leaves and no buds

gemmab769gemmab769 Posts: 10
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I have an astilbe planted last year that seems to have loads of foliage growing but no flower buds - can anyone shed any light on why that is??
It's planted in shade/filtered light, has been kept wet (although last year I didn't realise they liked to be wet and let it get dry and crispy 😕) and fed blood, fish and bonemeal a few weeks ago 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Bit early for any buds yet. Give it a chance  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • gemmab769gemmab769 Posts: 10
    Fairygirl I did think that but my other two have buds on which made me wonder
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Give them a feed with tomato or rose food, both contain more potash than general feeds.  Potash promotes flowers, not just leaves.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If it was allowed to get dry last year, that will have prevented it thriving as it should, so it may not be as well established. Under a tree will be drier too, so you'll need to make sure it doesn't get dried out regularly as that makes it difficult for plants to produce buds and flower as well as they should.  

    They don't all flower at exactly the same time either. It may well have buds in the next week or two. Certainly too early here for them    :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Mine don't flower till July / August.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine won’t flower till later, no sign of buds yet. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    It’s too early yet and too cold .
  • gemmab769gemmab769 Posts: 10
    So stop stressing it's too early is the general feeling  :)
    I'll keep a more patient watch on it.......so impatient!
  • gerard mcmanusgerard mcmanus Posts: 41
    These plants are fairly bullet proof here, no feeding required. I chopped one in half for my grandfather last year to devide it, and both have regrown strong, but only in the last month, so I wouldn't expect flower fronds just yet.
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