It’s so frustrating. I have 3 verigated lace cap hydrangeas “Mariesii” for 3 years in the garden and they never bloomed. I am going to move them this year and if they don’t flower next year I will post them on Craigslist for sale

nanasflowers, they are typically root hardy to your zone. I would expect to see summer blooms, provided the stems are allowed to get old/tall enough, provided they are not getting pruned (it is ok to prune dead looking stems but wait until late May), provided they are getting adequate water (are you allowing the soil to dry? have mulch thru the drip line?), not getting too much fertilizer (once a year should suffice), not getting the flower buds eating by pests (deer/rabbits/squirrels/etc.) and not in dense shade (a few hours of sun is ok). But even more important, it is kind of early to get blooms for some rebloomers. Since they are a different brand (F&E), I would not expect them to bloom now, just because ESs are starting. I would wait until mid summer or so up in the northern locations. What varieties are you growing in those 12 shrubs?

Luis, thanks for your suggestions.

The only ones that I've cut back so far are the endless summers. The others will get done this week. I usually wait till now to do it, just in case there is more growth. I have a few more that I forgot to include in my count.

My Hydrangeas:

3 Endless Summer

2 Endless Summer lace caps

4 Forever and Ever

1 Nikko Blue

1 Forever Pink

1 Pia Pink Elf

1 Blue Danube

1 Strawberry Vanilla

1 Annabelle

1 Annabelle type (smaller blooms, don't know variety. It was here when I bought the house)

1 Double Delight Stargazer (new last year)

They are all on the Eastern side of my house, and they are fairly protected by my 2-story house, a 6 foot fence beyond, a hillside of evergreens behind, and a picket fence in front.

I never wrapped any until 2 years ago. At that time I started wrapping the Forever pink which blooms purple, the Pia Pink Elf which blooms blue and is right beside the Forever pink, and the blue Danube which blooms a deep dark pink, and is across the lawn from the other two. I winter the Nikko blue in the garage because it's a zone 6. The new Dbl Delight Star Gazer was planted last fall and is now full of buds.

The Forever and ever were planted 5 years ago in a row in a center island bed. My soil is mostly rich black moist well drained with some clay below 6-8 inches. I fertilize every spring, and again in summer (if I don't forget), and keep a good layer of mulch in all my beds.

Below are the Pia Pink Elf, and the Blue Danube and they are not mixed. They just bloom the opposite color from their names, and they are growing maybe 35' apart.

Pia Pink Elf

I had one that never bloomed.

I shovel pruned it...

Gardengal48 thank you. I will get rid of them. It’s not worth my time and money buying food dirt to move them elsewhere.

i got last year 2’nikko blue on clearance (small and ugly) i didn’t wrap them and we have had snow until April - they are both flowering.