Why Isn't My Hydrangea Blooming? // Garden Answer 

I'm so sad. I think I screwed up when pruning last year. I bought the hydrangeas with flowers and I have buds this year but it's really spotty. I have a couple of them with NO buds on half the plant. ☹️

This gives me hope

I have placed tomatoe cones over mine early in year and also wood stakes around with twine to keep them standing.

Anita Hadley6

Hey Anita! I live in GA too and had the same issue last year. I got mad and dug them up and potted them. I moved them to a spot that get's shaded morning and afternoon sun and they're doing so much better this season.

They prefer shady spot, or a spot that gets morning sun. If they get a lot of sun, they'll need a looot of water ti combat the heat.

Hi there sweety

A Z Do not be pressured into committing "Crepe Murder!" That is don't cut them back drastically. Remove the spent heads after blooming and then shape them as you see fit. Some people severely cut the branches back and that creates an unnatural growing pattern with the plant. You can find proper pruning techniques on RU-vid. Good luck and enjoy!

You cannot kill a crape myrtle cut them as low as you want they will grow and bloom my husband prunes them around. February March ,,in GA,,,,,

@@rosarosita3026 :)(,

Mine too?

Same here☹️

too much nitrogen?

they take 1-2 years to rebloom if they take a bad stress from repotting just take care of it without stressing the root for years and it will bloom again

A hydrangea came out that I bought at HEB called "BloomStruck". It is suppose to be OK to grow in Texas.

@@mikerosesimone476 H‑E‑B sells hydrangea? Good to know!

I have a panicle type hydrangea like that and it sits in water every late winter/spring and it doesn't hurt it at all. They are a little slow to get going, but hopefully you saw lots of growth and blooms, seeing how your post is a couple months old. From what I've read, the hydrangeas we have were bred from wild cultivars that live on the edges of streams (hydra=water). It sounds like your plant is doing exactly what it's supposed to do. The panicle types don't really grow from the very bottom like the macrophylla types, but rather sprout out from and on limbs that already exist. You can cut your limelight back by a third in the spring and you will get flowers on all the new growth. I like to wait until I see some green growth, that way I can trim out any dead branches first, then ones that are crossing over one another, then ones for how I want to shape it. These are wonderful, easy, and forgiving plants. Hope this helps, albeit late to your post!

Holly tone works great for turning hydrengas blue.

They should as long as they are in the correct growing zone! =)

Do the sticks have any growth at all on them? If it looks like they have buds, I would give them extra time because that's where you will get the blooms (if they are the type that bloom on old wood). You can also use your finger nail (or your clippers) to gently scrape the top layer of bark off a branch in a little spot- if you see green, there is still life in the stems and they may leaf out yet, but if it all looks brown you can cut them out. If there doesn't appear to be any new growth forming, the hydrangea might just have experienced too hard a winter, and you can cut them back. Good luck! :)

they dont like to be dry,. they collapse very quickly if the roots dry out,. they like part shade, cool place with moist soil,. if kept in potts, or containers they need to be watered alot and often, and kept away from burning sunlight,. hydrangea(Hortensias)love water and theyr name means water cup,. :)

They are water lover... need to moist the soil everyday or other day. some dont like direct sunlight and will lobe bright shaded area. their name hydrangea was literally name water jar

Sara Akthar I heard to change it to white you can use ground pepper

That is just how they normally change going into winter. They will bloom white then go to pink, then tan, next year, too.

Julia Javier yes.its perfect for hydrangea

Julia Javier .

Yes, but they need a lot of shade and water.

Yes i have one just make sure it is hydrated always even when exposed to the sun

Hi, kabayan, yes you can grow hydrabgeas in your garden. But since our weather is very hot you have to water it at least twice a day and the sunlight should be “morning sun”.

Pray! 😂

They should make buds on the growth they made this year and those buds should flower for you next summer, barring any other problems. Give them lots of good, organic compost high in phosphorus (for blooms) right away if you haven't done so already this summer.

@@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane I thank you ever so much!!!

@@tanyawashburn8964 You're very welcome, good luck! =D

Serafina IngraffiaSerafinaI yes, pull the dry stems out. And fertilize.

some hydrangeas only bloom on old stems some bloom in both young and old stems... if you wanna know if that woody is alive try to cut on the edge of stem if it ddnt have leaves and see if the middle stems is watery and alive surely its not a rotten stem...

Get yourself panicle hydrangeas like Vanilla Strawberry. The deer eat every single bud off of mine every winter and it still blooms faithfully every summer on new wood!

happymoments yes. We have it in malaysia

I also just bought mine a week ago and I just repotted it. How's your hydrangea? Any tips? I live in Valenzuela 😊

@@daisyagcanas-cansenaje3065 I live near you bought mine in malanday, got it with the bloom.. surely it can live and bloom in our country but the caregiver/store told me not to put this one directly on sun as it will burn and always water It.. I bought it with 2 bloom 1 white 1 light blue on the same plant.. old stick dont have foliage at that moment and right now I got a lot of foliage below the bloom.near the bottom hope it will rebloom next year as I read that if it got stress from repotting it might take 1-2 years to rebloom

@@lowcost549 you're right. I tried placing it under the sun (afternoon sun) and I noticed the leaves started drooping so now I put them in shade in the afternoon and it's okay now except for the powdery mildew. I modified the baking soda solution and it got burned a little (imagine if I followed the recommended recipe 😊). Mine hasn't bloomed yet, maybe it will by next summer. But I am getting new leaves on old stems so maybe my hydrangea is the one that blooms on old stem. Anyways, I am really excited and looking forward to it blooming. I also bought hydrangea seeds. I hope it will grow too. This a new hobby for me and I am really liking it.

@@daisyagcanas-cansenaje3065 mine is just in a shade .. I bought a meter that test soil moisture and ph soil with light tester they use solar panel as receiver and as long as I get 500-1000 shade all the plant I places there is alive and got a lot of leaves even without direct sunlight.. I bought it on lazada name is 3 in 1 soil tester. aroubd 250+ pesos and its working good for watering as you dont over water the soil. and can monitor id its wet-moist-dry under the roots.. recommended for plants is moist. as well as using the light tester which shows a meter if the shaded area got enough sunlight its good to use if you want your hydrangea fully bright shaded.. and some plants indoor

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Did your spring have late frost?

I believe it's the aluminum in the soil that turns the flowers blue. The lower ph just makes the aluminum more available to the plant. Just check the bag look at the derived from.😉

Same here. Mine had blooms and I used that stuff too and I don’t have blooms this year

Yes, they do! I was given a small one on Mother's Day, planted it in a bigger pot and put it on the porch which gets filtered sun light. It's awesomely beautiful! Give it a try!

yes, I bought mine in a black plastic which is quite small and they bloom in that... as long as the pot you transper it was large enough for more growth it will groom...