On 7/8/04 10:07 am, in article
, "Brillo"
wrote:

Two years ago, I planted a climbing hydrangea, Schizophragma,
‘hydrangeoides Moonlight' It has managed to climb a six foot high
wall (with the aid of some trellis), has plenty of leaf but I have not
yet seen any flowers. The label that came with it promises ‘clouds of
creamy-white, lace-cap heads of hydrangea-like flowers'.

It is on a north facing wall, the plant is supposed to be extremely
shade tolerant, well drained soil.

Any ideas on why I have no flower please?

I have tried talking to it but it just won't listen.

Don't you hate it when that happens? ;-)
Schizophragma isn't actually a Hydrangea but Hydrangea-type flowers is a
good description. In fact, it flowers best in sun but will grow on a north
wall, so yours has probably got the best conditions for leaf but not for
flowers. However, I wonder if it is too dry and in the rain shadow of the
overhang of a roof? Even planted very close to a bare wall can mean less
rain on a plant as it sort of protects itself from the rain falling onto its
roots.
And two years is still quite a young plant - I don't know how long they take
to flower but we have one on our house wall that is about the same age and
facing north east and I don't recall a flower on it yet.
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Sacha
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