I've had a Hydrangea bush for a good few years, and there have always been
loads of flowers on it.
This year, however, there are none!
Loads of leaves, but no flowers.
Any ideas please?

Thanks

Barbra

"~Barbra~" wrote:
I've had a Hydrangea bush for a good few years, and there have always been
loads of flowers on it.
This year, however, there are none!
Loads of leaves, but no flowers.
Any ideas please?
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Did you cut back your hydrangea last autumn or early this spring? If so,
you might just have been too thorough and cut away all this years flowering
buds.

Aphodius

Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

Barbra


"Aphodius" wrote in message
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"~Barbra~" wrote:
I've had a Hydrangea bush for a good few years, and there have always
been
loads of flowers on it.
This year, however, there are none!
Loads of leaves, but no flowers.
Any ideas please?
------
Did you cut back your hydrangea last autumn or early this spring? If so,
you might just have been too thorough and cut away all this years
flowering
buds.

Aphodius

"~Barbra~" wrote in message
news
Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

A better plan is to cut off completely the oldest half of the bush every
year. It takes two seasons to get into this routine.

Franz

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:20:21 GMT, "~Barbra~"
wrote:

Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

Barbra


Hydrangeas flower on mature stems, so aim to prune out between a third
and a half of the number of stems each year, so that there's always a
mix of old and new growth.


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

"~Barbra~" wrote:
Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

Barbra
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Hi Barbra,

There is an excellent article by Russell Balge on Pruning Hydrangeas with
all you need to know on the subject. Find it on:
http://www.agnr.umk.edu/users/cmrec/art4.htm

Hope that helps,
Aphodius

"~Barbra~" wrote:
Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

Barbra
---

Hi Barbra,

There is an excellent article by Russell Balge on Pruning Hydrangeas with
all you need to know on the subject. Find it on:
http://www.agnr.umk.edu/users/cmrec/art4.htm

Hope that helps,
Aphodius

"Aphodius" wrote in message
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"~Barbra~" wrote:
Yes, I always cut the bush back in the autumn. So, if I cut it back this
autumn, but not so harshly will the flowers come back next year?

Barbra
---

Hi Barbra,

There is an excellent article by Russell Balge on Pruning Hydrangeas with
all you need to know on the subject. Find it on:
http://www.agnr.umk.edu/users/cmrec/art4.htm

Hope that helps,
Aphodius

Can't get that link to work!

Thanks anyway. Of course I could quite easily done a search myself, which is
what I did to find the article .
I have decided to leave pruning this year and hope the flowers come back
next year.

Barbra


"Aphodius" wrote in message
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"Pickle" wrote:

Can't get the link to work!
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Sorry, neither could I. After reading your reply, I found it using
Google. What you're looking for is: 'Pruning Hydrangeas' by Russell Balge,
Western Maryland Research and Education Center, University of Maryland.
I originally printed the article from a Univ. of Maryland Web site last
Autumn.

Aphodius

Thanks anyway. Of course I could quite easily done a search myself, which is
what I did to find the article .
I have decided to leave pruning this year and hope the flowers come back
next year.

Barbra


"Aphodius" wrote in message
...

"Pickle" wrote:

Can't get the link to work!
---
Sorry, neither could I. After reading your reply, I found it using
Google. What you're looking for is: 'Pruning Hydrangeas' by Russell Balge,
Western Maryland Research and Education Center, University of Maryland.
I originally printed the article from a Univ. of Maryland Web site last
Autumn.

Aphodius