Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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Rose of Sharon- lots of buds- no blooms!
Comments (0)Hello, I have 4 Rose of Sharon bushes- all are about 8 feet tall. One of them for the past 2 years has generated clusters of buds- encased in their green housing- but nothing has bloomed. I wait and wait and year after year this seems to be the problem- just on one tree. I've dug into a few buds to make sure there are flowers in there and there are. In the winter time, the buds wither and...See MoreClimbing hydrangea has a LOT of ground level shoots - Prune them?
Comments (2)I did read several posts about it taking a LONNNNGGGG while to bloom, and I am OK with that... but it seems like my two plants (one was about 18" when purchased about 6+ years ago and one about 30") which are now 5' and 6' tall and about 36" wide (at least!) in all directions are trying to spread ground-level branches everywhere! Because this is an arbor that connects two fairly heavily planted perennial beds, I hadn't realized just how many shoots were starting to root along the ground and I can't seem to find information about what to do. Are these shoots (if I let them root) helping support the plant? Or are they taking resources away from blooms that could be growing? If I decide to remove them, how hard would it be to root them to sell at my garden club plant sale next spring? Any info would be appreciated! BettyLu...See MoreHydrangea has never bloomed
Comments (5)Hmm, I assume they are not in dense shade or planted too deep? If they appear "identical" above the ground, I would start looking underneath. Are they getting the same amount of water? How are the levels of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus (check with one of those cheapo kits or do a soil test). Even though they are close to each other, check the soil pH too anyways. You do not want to see high nitrogen levels as that produces lush dark green leaves. And no blooms. Some F&E hydrangeas are only hardy to Zone 5 so I am not sure if hardiness is an issue where you live. Blue Haven, Peppermint and Together (note: those are the only ones that I know) are only hardy to Z5. Those would need winter protection in Zone 4 or less. Last possibility, SOOOOOMEONE has been chomping on your hydrangeas' flower buds. Very likely Bamby and you would need to either protect plants somehow or spray them with something that will keep deer away. The part of all this that bothers me is that F&E should bloom in Spring and again in Julyish and yet again in some areas. So I wonder if you can monitor the plants this year and see if you notice when the invisible flower buds open (they look like broccoli growing off the stems' ends) or if they do not. This post was edited by luis_pr on Thu, Jan 22, 15 at 20:44...See MoreClimbing Hydrangea bloom buds
Comments (9)My climbers are about 9 years old. Hiding an ugly cyclone fence and are blooming now. They get quite a bit of sun about 6-8 hours or more but are watered by my neighbors drip system! lol and our watering the plants under them. They are covering at least 20 feet of the fence and were trimmed recently because they were covering some of the plants under them. I think it took at least 4-5 years for them to start blooming and there are two in our forest that have not yet bloomed although they are 8 years old. They don't get as much sun but are crawling up a fur tree just fine. Be patient! They will bloom when they are ready! I don't fertilize my garden, have lots of fir tree litter and occasionally add some dry leaves. But we do water....See Morenhbloomer
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