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No flowers

FallonFallon Posts: 74
in Problem solving
Hi.  I bought these 2 plants for containers 3 months ago and although they seem to be thriving there are no signs of buds or flowers. I have fed them with miracle gro and they look healthy- but no blooms.
Can anyone advise?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    The top one looks like a weed I cannot get rid of Creeping cinquefoil, the bottom one looks like a strawberry.  What do you think you bought as flowers?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I agree first Potentilla.  2nd one not sure. I don’t think it’s the texture of strawberry. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Potentilla don't always flower in the first year.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    These are the labels from what I bought. I think they are both Potentilla but no flowers
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have the red ones like yours. I planted them from seed and they took two years to flower.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Top photo is the red one, next photo is the yellow one.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    edited July 2023
    Thanks everyone.  Looks like next year before flowering perhaps. Should I plant then in the ground or leave them in the pots?  Just thinking of they might die if the frost gets them
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They're really healthy looking plants - better than mine 😐. They should be OK
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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