Hydrangeas in bloom!
sally6340 (6a, So OH)
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Pictures of Oakleaf hydrangeas in bloom
Comments (9)"cearbhalll -- how old is your oakleaf?" It was installed in a different location in '09 where it received light from one direction only. It kept growing so lop sided that I kept pruning it to shape so it never grew to much size. It was from Rare Find and purchased as a two gallon IIRC. In 2012 I moved it to this larger spot where it seems to grow in a bit more balanced form- it still faces the rising sun but not as badly and I've been able to stop pruning/ruining it. It's fall color is outstanding and I especially love the mint green color of the new leaves in the spring....See MoreMy hydrangeas never bloom
Comments (4)It sounds like you have hydrangea macrophyllas that bloom on old wood only. Do you know the name of the variety? Those hydrangeas develop invisible flower buds in late Summer that open in early Spring so any cold temps or late frosts can harm/kill the buds. Then you get dead stems and lots of new growth in Spring that will not bloom until the following year (if it survives winter). The only solutions are: * to prune soon after they bloom (they will develop flower buds some time after blooming so do not wait "too long"), * do not over-fertilize (once in Spring is enough when newly planted and for 1-3 years; then only mulch and let it feed off the decomposing mulch afterwards, * too much shade, * winter protect when they go dormant in the Fall, * try "rebloomer" macrophyllas (these actually bloom (1) in early Spring off last year's stems if any of them survived winter or (2) in early to late Summer off this year's new stems, provided that the new stems grew old and tall enough to develop flower buds and open them) or * replace with Annabelle-like or Pee Gee-like hydrangeas if the rebloomers also fail to bloom reliably....See MoreEndless Summer hydrangeas not blooming
Comments (2)Too much sun may not directly cause less blooms but it may cause the plant to lose foliage and thus vigor, something that you have not mentioned so apparently the shock to the system from full sun has not had a measurable effect yet. A hydrangea that gets too much sun will develop leaves that are completely yellow, including the leaf veins, only on the leaves that are in direct contact with the sun. Leaves inside the shrub will remain dark green. ES normally have two flushes of blooms: one in spring and another in late summer/fall. The spring flush only originates from stems that were alive in summer 2021. The late summer/fall flush only originates from the stems that started growing as new stems in early spring 2022. If you pruned since ES developed flower buds in summer 2021, you may have cut off the early spring 2022 blooms or caused a delay or no blooms in the second flush. The blooms from the second flush occur in late summer to early fall so those may still be somewhat on schedule; hard to say this early. In order for the second flush to occur, the new stems that started growing in early spring from the crown/base need to attain a sufficient height to trigger flower bud formation and immediately open those flower buds. Other possibilities: late frosts, very cold weather or inconsistent warm weather in winter may have made the plant break dormancy early, just as temperatures crashed and killed the summer 2021 flower buds that were supposed to open in spring 2022; too much fertilizer or use of a fertilizer with large amounts of nitrogen can produce deep green leaves at the expense of blooms; pests like deer, squirrels and bunnies can eat the flower buds....See MoreEverlasting Four Seasons Hydrangea not blooming
Comments (15)straight down pix are wonky.. no one ever came up with a reason why .. i cant tell how tall your plant is ... one sign of over fert.. is all green growth with no flower.. so i would not fert the thing ... did you fert it on planting.. if its shorter than its supposed to be.. i would wonder if it sank.. or was planted too deep ... but i cant tell from the straight down pic ... if it were mine.. and it started pissing me off like this ... i might dig it up.. throw it across the yard.. and at a couple tree trunks.. and then replant it.. obviously bare root ... this has worked often with struggling plants.. some suggest hormones are released.. in the sense of survival hormones ... other just suggest you feel better about the stress its been giving you.. lol .. teach that thing a lesson.. if you will .. and if it makes it die next year.. well good.. who needs an underperforming POS in the garden anyway ... ken...See MoreOctober_Gardens
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