Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

hydrangea not flowering

star.lanc0BdHaLn5star.lanc0BdHaLn5 Posts: 6
in Problem solving
hi all me again another issue in my plot i now have a great wisteria that has actually flowered again this season thanks to all the help from gardeners world but this season my usually spectacular hydrangea is without any flowers not to sure what i did to it i have waited and waited but its just a big green bush no flowers what so ever but looks very healthy it's possibly to late now but would love some advice on what to do for next season any help will be appreciated i may have cut it back when all the flowers died due to the late frost not sure tho as usual thanks in advance 

Posts

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2022
    @star.lanc0BdHaLn5 I think it may depend on where you live in the country but if you had a late frost after the old flowers were removed that could be why. I would normally deadhead end of Apri,l as the old flowerheads protect the new buds. In other parts of the country is could be earlier or later.
    Welcome!
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
     Mine hasn’t flowered yet either, in fact it’s only just started to put on decent leaf growth.  I’m hoping it’s a late starter or maybe it’s sensed that there’s not much water about!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Plantminded I think this is another example of where you live in the country affects advice given. Let's hope the one above is a late starter.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It certainly looks nice and healthy, so I wouldn't be too worried. Some are quite late flowering anyway, but if you cut it back quite late, it will also have delayed the buds forming. You may still get some though, and even if you don't, leaving it unpruned in spring should make it better [flower wise]  next year  :)

    It's a perennial problem with them if you get frost after pruning, as already said. I had no flowers at all last year due to the very late frosts in May, and even this year, the mild spring meant some soft new growth, which got damaged by the April/May frosts again. They weren't pruned at all, but the buds aren't as plentiful, especially as there were no spent heads to help with protection. 
    I think the common pink and blue varieties manage better than the whites too. I don't grow them, but there are plenty round here, and they're much further on, and in better nick than my whites  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sign In or Register to comment.