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Hydrangeas
Wendy Skliros
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I was given a Blue Hydrangea as a present last October which was still in bloom.
My gardener potted it into a large tub, intended to be its final growing space, in ericacious soil well drained, and pruned it.
This year there has been plenty of height put on, several new stems and plenty of leaf but no flower heads.
Can anyone tell me how to get my plant back into producing flowers next year please?
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Hydrangeas should be pruned back in late Winter/early Spring. I suspect your gardener may have cut off all the flowering shoots.
Depending on where you live Wendy.If up North at the end of April for me. Anually once the flowers do come. Leave them on over the Autumn an winter. Then prune them back to the first set of good healthy buds. Remove also any dead canes right down to the base. The dead flower heads offer protection for the new growth underneath against frost. This year in my area. theres been a distinct. lack of hydrangea flowers.
Hydrangeas is whether dependent plant I think you didn't chose right time to plant that could be the problem......
A potted shrub can be planted at any time of year unless the ground's frozen or waterlogged. It's the aftercare that matters, although a pot bound plant which has dried out will need a thorough soak before planting as well.
Misleading to say it's down to when it was planted....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Southern Gardener
I also have a wonderful very green hydrangea big and bushy. Not a flower in sight.
Last year we did have a few flowers we left the heads on all winter and pruned back to one bud in early Spring. However after the prune we experienced a heavy frost .
Was the frost the reason for lack of flower this season ?
Do I now leave all in tact and not even prune in the Spring?
I had the same problem Jennie a few years back in that I lost quite a few buds due to an unexpected late frost. They blackened and fell off.
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Thank you Mark guess that must be the reason then.Do you think I should just leave it alone and wait and see what happens next year
Yes Jennie, I think that would be the only solution. Keep it well watered during dry periods and perhaps an occasional feed late in Spring next year.