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can anyone tell me why my hydrangea hasnt flowered or even budded in the
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Mike E writes
can anyone tell me why my hydrangea hasnt flowered or even budded in the last couple of years Have you pruned it? -- Kay |
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"K" wrote in message ... Mike E writes can anyone tell me why my hydrangea hasnt flowered or even budded in the last couple of years Have you pruned it? -- Kay yes but i think too hard to be frank |
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"K" wrote in message ... Mike E writes can anyone tell me why my hydrangea hasnt flowered or even budded in the last couple of years Have you pruned it? yes but i think too hard to be frank That would probably explain it, then. Try not pruning it this year and see what happens next year. I'm asuming we're talking about the usual 'mophead' hydrangea. I can't remember the official pruning instructions for Hydrangea, but they do include not pruning too hard. I think it's something like "prune to the first pair of fat buds below the old flower head". And I think people tend to prune them in spring, so the dying flower heads provide frost protection over winter. I've got two largish hydrangeas, and I'm not wonderfully fond of them. So I take off smaller flower heads to fill flower vases (I find it difficult to fill flower vases in summer because I'm aware most things last longer outside so I'm relucatant to pick them. Winter is easier because then I know that I'll enjoy them more for a few days in the house than at the end of a rain-soaked garden), then I may cut some more stems at Christmas to spray silver or gold for decoration, then I cut everything back to the first fat bud sometime in the spring. And if I want the bush to become substantially smaller, then I cut back much more severely, but not all the branches, then complete the job the following year, so that I till have some flowers. -- Kay |
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"K" wrote in message ... Mike E writes "K" wrote in message ... Mike E writes can anyone tell me why my hydrangea hasnt flowered or even budded in the last couple of years Have you pruned it? yes but i think too hard to be frank That would probably explain it, then. Try not pruning it this year and see what happens next year. I'm asuming we're talking about the usual 'mophead' hydrangea. I can't remember the official pruning instructions for Hydrangea, but they do include not pruning too hard. I think it's something like "prune to the first pair of fat buds below the old flower head". And I think people tend to prune them in spring, so the dying flower heads provide frost protection over winter. I've got two largish hydrangeas, and I'm not wonderfully fond of them. So I take off smaller flower heads to fill flower vases (I find it difficult to fill flower vases in summer because I'm aware most things last longer outside so I'm relucatant to pick them. Winter is easier because then I know that I'll enjoy them more for a few days in the house than at the end of a rain-soaked garden), then I may cut some more stems at Christmas to spray silver or gold for decoration, then I cut everything back to the first fat bud sometime in the spring. And if I want the bush to become substantially smaller, then I cut back much more severely, but not all the branches, then complete the job the following year, so that I till have some flowers. -- Kay many thanks kay, yes i have pruned it too much i think. i will leave it till next year now thanks again |
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