how much fert did you put on it???

not uncommon .. for me anyway ... . to lose all bloom the year after transplant ... perhaps you ought to be doing the happy dance.. instead of whining ...

i do not know if it flowers on one year wood ... maybe it supposed to only bloom on 2 year wood ....

its kinda all different rules for crop trees ...

ken

I gave it some slow release 10-10-10 MG fertilizer last year and kept it watered at least once a week.

Probably a function of how young the tree is, with more vigorously growing shoots not budding all the way to the end.

Tlbean, your trees do not need fertilizer. Newly planted trees need to use their energy to grow roots. Fertilizing the tree causes it to use its energy to produce more growth, instead of producing roots. This can cause the tree to have a weaker root system and/or require watering and care for a longer amount of time than usual after planting. Also, where did you get your bonfire patio peach? I have been looking for one but can't find them anywhere but lowes, and lowes is just too expensive. Maybe I will find a half-dead one in the "bargain bin" Lol.

btw.. on true fruit trees .... if they set the fruit out on last years spindly growth ... odds are.. a good sized fruit will bend and potentially break thin wood ...

so in my world of logic ... warped as it is .... it may be genetic.. that they set fruit on older, thicker wood ... so the tree doesnt collapse itself ... and sometimes even that doesnt work.. if you dont thin the fruit early ...

also .. if you ever visit an orchard ... and look at the trees themselves ... they are pruned for production.. rather than a pretty tree .. and i wouldnt be surprised if they remove most of the new growth ...

ken

oh the horror.. lol .. flip to the ALL side.. and do some cursory reading ... and BTW .... i would not do such until the 3 year in ground.. if at all ... because one.. it needs the leaves to grow the roots to get established .. and second.. i wouldnt want a monstrosity like these.. in my garden.. since i am not running an orchard ....

https://www.google.com/search?q=peach+orchard+pruning&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijibWFsODSAhXJ3YMKHTrMCcEQ_AUICCgB&biw=890&bih=743

carp.. yours is an ornamental ... forget the fruit production info ... other than for knowledges sake ...

ken

I forgot to add that the fertilizer may have caused the new growth to not harden off in the fall. It could be dead. Take some bypass pruners and scrape over it to see if the cambium is green.

Logan, the new growth is alive. It just has leaves coming out instead of flowers.

And i got mine at Lowe's. It was on clearance for $13 dollars. I don't know why because nothing was wrong with it....

TLBean, congratulations on getting a good deal! It often is difficult to know the long-term behavior of a plant that is relatively new. If it is still doing this when it's been in your garden a couple of years, then it might be cause for concern, but at least initially you can't necessarily assume that the current behavior will continue. I also wouldn't fertilize it this year unless there is a tested need for it. Pulling any weeds or grass within the dripline and replacing with a mulch that goes near but not against the trunk are the two most valuable things you can do for a young tree. Also, I would not water once a week but instead water long and slow when needed, as shown when you stick a finger a couple of inches into the soil under the branches and find that it isn't damp. Depending on rainfall and the texture of your soil, weekly and for how long may be either too much or too little. The only way to determine what's appropriate is by checking the soil.

I am envious that you can grow ornamental peaches. My zone is just too cold.

I'll keep an eye out when I go to lowes. They didn't have any of the peaches on clearance last year. They all sold out. I did score a redbud with a dead leader for $8, though. I'm waiting for it to bloom.

Here it is.... I think watering them once a week in the summer really helps them. I dont plant to fertilize this year though. I feel like the trunk really plumped up last year.

I wouldn't be concerned about the lack of flowers since this is its first year of being in the ground. It would benefit from a mulch ring. I like cedar mulch (not died) and pine bark nuggets. Cedar mulch is easier to work with when mulching trees.

Looks like the tree has been planted too deep, can't see root flare.

That could be due to the grass.

It wasnt planted to deep. But i did add mulch around the roots last year and the pic shows some of the leaves that have fallen from a big tree i have near by. Plus there is grass or weeds growing on top of that mulch.

Remove the build-up, easiest attempt to improve.