"Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond wrote in message
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"Colin Lougher" wrote in message
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I have followed this Newsgroup for a while and have found lots of useful
tips but this is my first posting.

I planted three small Hydrangeas a couple of years ago. They have never
flowered properly; what is going wrong?
In the Autumn when they go woody I prune them quite hard. In the spring
they
appear healthy and have plenty of foliage but no flower heads.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

If you continue to prune the new growths off in the Autumn you
will never get flowers. Flowers for next year are formed at the tip of
growths made this year. You have been removing the flower buds each year!
In future only remove dead heads~ and then only in the spring as
they protect the buds during hard weather.
Regards Brian.




That sounds such simple and obvious advice.

Thankyou