How can I get my hydrangea fireworks to flower

had this plant a few years and can never get it to flower. I've had it in a pot and in the ground, i've pruned it and then just left it the last couple of years, I've fed it in spring, nothing seems to work, thinking of binning it - any tips?

Many thanks xx

should add it looks lovely and green and healthy just no flowers ever :(

 

I think you need to test the PH of the soil as this plant like a acid soil and I think is the main problem you have ..

If I rememeber this one losses it leaves in the winter ?? should have white flowers if its the variety I am thinking off ?

So you have to be careful with pruning as you may cut off the flowering wood , it likes full sun , shade and is a quite hardy one like free draining but soil that holds the moisture as well , how long have you had it growing in the ground ?

Spruce

 

Ellie, feed it fortnightly with tomato fertiliser and I assure you it will flower next year.

 

Thanks guys, it's in a pot which it has been the last couple of years, before that in the ground, flowered in neither though seems happier in the pot. I've just moved to a new house and intended putting it in the ground if I can ever get it to flower.

Should I feed it the tomato food now or wait till next year, past flowering time now I reckon.

Cheers EGW xx

 

Hi am sure this flowers in the summer so it would benefit beeing fed this year even if it doesn flower

fingers crossed

Spruce

 

Start feeding it now.

 

Elliegreenwelly, is it a hydrangea macrophylla or is it another variety?

Macrophyllas love partial shade (morning sun preferably). They need regular watering in the roots. If they are overfertilised (I’m not sure how much is ‘over’), they tend to get spoiled and develop rich foliage, but no bloom.

I use manure to fertilise and I necessarily do so in autumn, in spring and in late July: mix it with soil, dig gently around the roots and spread a generous portion of it.

Most H. Macrophylla varieties form their flower buds for the next season only once – in late July/early August. Therefore, don’t prune for the winter or you will effectively be cutting the future blossoms.
Buds may suffer from winter frost or exposure to draught, if so, either plant your hydrangea in a place sheltered from winds or protect it for the winter.

And, one more trick, which worked this spring for two of my smaller bushes: in early spring (about the end of March) shake the root system with a spade. This causes the plant to form flowers as an ‘emergency response’. :WINK1:

Here are some of my beauties:






Good luck!

 

thank you, that's really helpful, sounds like I've planted in exacly the right place, an east facing part of the garden which gets sun until lunchtime. I'll feed over the next couple of weeks with manure and wait till spring - thanks again

 

Also, STOP PRUNING IT.:D:D:D

 

Thank you, yes i haven't touched it this year so fingers crossed. If no flowers next summer it's going!!