The good news is since this original post, several new dwarf varieties of the paniculata hydrangea have been released. The few I find growing nicely in other peoples garden I enjoy, longingly from a distance but I personally found them too much effort for the results I was having. I decided to remove the macrophylla varieties from my garden and for the most part, I no longer use them in my designs. As I strive for a low maintenance garden and my goal is to help my clients achieve that as well. I wanted to update everyone regarding my nonblooming hydrangea dilemma. Any takers? I am curious to hear how your Endless Summers are doing (please post in the ‘Comment’ section below). I am not going to do that! Digging them up and giving them away may be another option for me. Here is a link I found where others have wrapped their hydrangeas with Saran Wrap for the winter. Yes, I am impatient and like most of you, I want a low maintenance garden. Although I am not sure what I am going to do about it as I don’t want to go another summer with no blooms. That coupled with my over fertilizing could be the problem. Even with the old wood not touched in the spring, it is exposed to elements and therefore the buds could have frozen preventing it from blooming. Lastly is winter protection and late frosts. I have been really good at this so I know this isn’t my problem. Even in early spring, leave the “dead” looking stems alone so that the plant can grow and bloom from the “old” wood. These plants really just need deadheading and shouldn’t need any hard pruning. Like mine here:Īnother reason for no blooms is pruning at the wrong time. Too much fertilizing means your plants will grow nice and big and leafy but no blooms. In fact, after even more research, I think it’s contributing to the problem. I have researched this in the past and concluded that I needed to fertilize them more but unfortunately, this hasn’t helped me. Here are some common problems and what you can do about them.ġ) Hydrangeas not blooming: This seems to be the number one problem people have with their hydrangeas, including me! The most common hydrangeas that have blooming issues are in the Macrophylla family or primarily the Endless Summer Hydrangeas. I love hydrangeas! I put them all in my garden but when they don’t work it can be frustrating.
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