Why panicled hydrangea does not bloom. How to achieve abundant flowering of pink hydrangea

Hydrangea - beautiful flower, which will decorate any landscape. They are different kind but they are all flowering plants.

The right one will allow you to enjoy flowering for many years.

Many summer residents grow large-leaved hydrangea, and oddly enough, it may not bloom for a long time.

So why is the hydrangea not blooming? Let's look at a number of reasons.

Why is the hydrangea not blooming?

1. Choose a variety of hydrangea suitable for your area, as some species are short term summers in the northern regions simply do not have time to lay flower buds.
2. That large-leaved hydrangea, that paniculate or tree-like may not bloom due to insufficient development of the root system, the plant is too young to bloom.
3. If you constantly cut off the upper part of last year's shoots at a large-leaved hydrangea due to frost damage, and besides, you suddenly do it wrong, then the hydrangeas will not bloom or flowering will be poor. Explore.
4. Insufficient attention to the protection of hydrangeas from frost will entail the following question: “Why does the hydrangea not bloom?”. Because in the fall, flower buds are laid for the next year, and if the frost protection is removed too early in the spring, the buds can be damaged, the shoots will freeze, which will affect flowering.

Hydrangea shelter for the winter

In general, hydrangea winters well, but the question is whether it will bloom.

As you already know (from the topic), flowering occurs on last year's shoots, so you shouldn't worry so much about covering the roots, it's better to think about the top:

• in autumn, at the end of September, frosts may come, but is the hydrangea still flowering? Then cover the bushes with a double layer of lutrasil or a layer of lutrasil and a layer of greenhouse film. It is too early to hide the bushes for the winter;
• in the second half of October, while the ground has not yet frozen, cover the hydrangeas, while cutting off the inflorescences, but leaving the upper part of the faded shoots with large buds;
• young plants can be covered with earth or peat (the flowers will be blue), bending the branches to the ground;
• when the plant is already an adult (5-7 years old), bending its branches to the ground, they can be broken. To prevent this, you can put stones at the base of the bush under the bend of the branches, then make a pillow from spruce branches or needles, bend the branches, make a leafy pillow again and put boards, bricks, stones on top, without injuring the plant, fix it with a rope. Next, cover with earth, making an embankment in the central part (spud). In the spring, partially remove this mound. To rejuvenate the hydrangea bush at the end of flowering, all thick and old branches can be cut out, leaving young and last year's shoots that can be bent to the ground;
• do not rush to remove the shelter in the spring;
• after removing the shelter, do not rush to take on the pruning of seemingly dry and lifeless branches, the buds on them can come to life even in the month of May, the main thing is abundant watering. Start pruning no earlier than May - the first decade of June;
• do not hide lutrasil until June, the leaves that appear after the winter or cracked buds will need to be covered for a week or more, as required by mother nature.

Hydrangeas do not bloom due to lack of top dressing

Be sure to carry out top dressing with complex fertilizer at the beginning of budding and in early September before the end of flowering, the beginning of laying flower buds.

When buying a hydrangea, pay attention to the presence of buds, they should not be, as this is a sign of artificial stimulation of flowering ( drip irrigation with fertilizer), which in the next 1-2 years will affect the absence of flowering of the bush or that worse plant will die. Therefore, after planting, you do not need to drastically change the growing conditions of the plant, let it adapt, apply fertilizer every 2 weeks for 2 months, gradually accustoming the root system to work independently to extract nutrients from the ground.

In order for such hydrangeas to bloom in the future and build up a secondary root system, they must be mixed at a distance of 20-25 cm when planting garden soil with the substrate, avoiding a sharp change in the soil structure.

Two questions most often asked by buyers: why do not bloom large-leaved hydrangeas, and if they bloom, then why not blue flowers?
To get guaranteed flowering, you have to try - after the first frost, cut off the leaves, leave the top two. Remove old branches - this stimulates the formation of powerful basal shoots, cut out weak shoots, they are unproductive and die more often in winter. In no case do not cut off the apical buds - the largest inflorescences develop from them, and some varieties bloom exclusively at the tops. Gently bend the remaining shoots to the ground, the lower the better, do not isolate anything from the ground (this is a common mistake), top part bush should lie on the ground. Cover the tops with lutrasil (spunbond, agril) from above and cover the whole plant with peat or ordinary soil (I take it from the beds, and take it back in the spring). There should be at least 10-15 cm of earth above the plant, and if you are not sure about the frost resistance of the variety, you can cover it with lutrasil-60 from above. In fact, the process is not complicated, and the result exceeds expectations.

In the spring, hydrangeas have to be dug out late, sometimes in early June, because. flower buds are afraid of return frosts. But, if you live in a country house, then you can take a chance - dig it out, and if there is a threat of freezing, wrap the bush with lutrasil in 2 layers. When removing the shelter, carefully fold the lutrasil along with the ground so as not to damage the buds, which by this time are usually already put forward. Raise the shoots and shade with lutrasil for the first time, remove it on a rainy or cloudy day.

Large-leaved hydrangeas bloom very early, their inflorescences are already stained in early July, when the paniculate ones are just gathering strength.

Why did the blue variety of hydrangea suddenly turn pink? The fact is that hydrangeas need aluminum salts to form blue inflorescences, for example, the Raduga hydrangea dye. It must be applied in liquid form, but if it is rainy, you can bury a teaspoon around the bush in several places, it will slowly dissolve and be absorbed by the plant. But aluminum works only on very acidic soil, so during the season it is necessary to acidify the soil several times - 50 g citric acid dissolve in 10 liters of water and shed the earth under the plant in several approaches so that the solution reaches even deep roots. To prevent water from spreading, make a roller of earth around the plants. These activities should be carried out at the end of August-September, that is, at the time of laying flower buds for next year, but if you made it at another time, it will not be worse, and then your hydrangea will again have blue inflorescences.

There can be many reasons why hydrangea does not bloom. The garden beauty is capricious. To grow this magnificent flower on your site and enjoy its flowering, you need to make some efforts. It is necessary to study his preferences, determine the need for watering and lighting. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the soil, the place of planting and the plant variety. If you carefully analyze the conditions in which the hydrangea grows, you can find the reasons for its trouble and correct the mistakes made.

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Bad place to plant a seedling

Hydrangea feels uncomfortable on open places being under the scorching rays of the sun all day long. The tender leaves of many varieties in the heat sag lifelessly and burn.

In a sunny place, the plant will be saved by an underestimated landing. The trunk circle of the bush should be 10 cm below ground level. It must be mulched with coarse-fiber peat or sawdust to the surface of the earth. Under such conditions, the plant can develop and bloom normally.

In hot and sunny regions, it is better to grow panicle hydrangea. With regular moisture, it will withstand direct sunlight all daylight hours without compromising flowering.

In deep shade, under the crowns of large trees, hydrangea is unlikely to please with a lush color. The perennial does not develop well with strong shading, regardless of which variety is planted. If flowers appear, they will be sparse and underdeveloped.



All varieties of plants prefer places where the sun's rays fall only before lunch. In such conditions, hydrangea blooms especially brightly, magnificently and for a long time.

If the place for the shrub is chosen unsuccessfully and it is not possible to correct the situation, you need to transplant it. This should be done only as a last resort, since the plant does not tolerate transplantation well. The most suitable time for transplantation is autumn. At this time, the perennial is at rest.

Having picked up a suitable site, you need to dig a hole to a depth of 50 cm. The extracted soil is mixed with 2 buckets of humus and 80 g of mineral fertilizer are added. Hydrangea loves acidic soil and grows quickly in it. Therefore, the soil for it must be acidified with a solution of sulfuric acid (1 tsp per 10 liters of water).

It is necessary to replant the plant very carefully, along with a clod of earth. If the root system is damaged during transplantation, the plant will not bloom for a long time.



Too little or too much moisture

Moisture is the main feature of hydrangea. The shrub has the botanical name Hydrangea. Translated from Greek, "hydrangea" means "vessel of water." With a lack of moisture, the plant stops flowering. Its roots must always be kept moist. Do not allow the earthen coma to dry out near the roots. If the weather is dry, the hydrangea may die without watering.



In cool weather, it is enough to water the flower once a week. On hot and dry days, watering should be done every 3 days. A young plant also needs additional moisture until it is 1 year old.

If the soil is clayey, water less frequently. Water will stagnate in heavy soil. With an excess of moisture, hydrangea can reduce or stop flowering. An abundance of water leads to rotting of the roots and death of the plant. Heavier than others, the accumulation of moisture near the roots of the oak-leaved hydrangea tolerates. It only needs well-drained soil. To prevent water from accumulating in clay soil, pine bark must be added to it.

For irrigation, it is better to use rain or filtered water. tap water must be defended before watering for 5 days. For a single watering of the bush, you need 1-1.5 buckets of water. To prevent moisture from spreading, it is worth making an earthen side at the base of the bush.

In the garden, among large and powerful hydrangea trees, moisture will not be enough. Tree roots will take water from the flower. Even if the roots of the trees are removed when planting a perennial, they will grow in a year.



Adaptation after disembarkation

Very often after planting a healthy flowering plant in open ground, it loses its decorative qualities and stops flowering. A sharp deterioration in the condition of the flower is due to the lack of the usual dressings. Hydrangea sellers often abuse fertilizers and overfeed plants, achieving lush flowering and rapid growth. Getting into natural conditions, flowering bush starts to hurt. He is not able to independently absorb the necessary substances from the soil. Such a plant may die if emergency measures are not taken.



When transplanting hydrangeas from a container into the soil, you do not need to cut the roots and shake off the substrate. It will be very difficult for a weakened plant to restore the root system. The soil remaining in the container must be mixed with garden soil and poured into the root zone.

In the first year, you need to regularly feed hydrangeas, gradually reducing the dosage. It is important to create a plant ideal conditions in the first months after transplantation, preventing drying and stagnation of water in the root zone. When the hydrangea gets stronger, it will begin to develop and bloom.



Incorrectly selected fertilizers

If the hydrangea is overfed with nitrogen fertilizers, young shoots will not have time to become woody before frost. Vulnerable branches will die during frosts along with flower buds. To preserve the young shoots of perennials, nitrogen fertilizers must be applied in the spring. At the beginning of the growth of bushes per 1 m² of soil, 25 g of urea, 40 g of superphosphate and 35 g of sulfuric potassium are added. This will allow the plant to form lush greenery.



When the first buds appear, the amount of nitrogen fertilizing is reduced. Otherwise, all the forces of the plant will be spent on the formation of greenery, and not on flowers. To maintain violent flowering, 1 m² of land is fertilized with 80 g of superphosphate and 45 g of sulfuric potassium.

When the plant has faded, you need to put 15 kg of compost or rotted manure under it. Fertilizers will help the perennial to winter safely and save the buds for flowering next year.

Kidneys frozen in winter

Hydrangea blooms on last year's shoots. The buds of future flowers are laid in autumn. If the plant is covered too late on the eve of winter, or opened too early in the spring, frost damage can damage the buds. Some varieties of shrubs (Endless, or Forever & Ever) bloom on the shoots of the past and current year. Flowers may appear on them, but in much smaller numbers than usual.



To avoid freezing of the kidneys and to ensure lush bloom, you need 3 weeks before the first frost, cut the lower leaves to the middle of the height of the bush. This will allow the shoots to stiffen and get stronger. Available inflorescences will help protect flower buds from frost. They should not be cut.

Before the first frost, the kidneys are covered with burlap or lutrasil. On the eve of permanent frosts, the remaining leaves are removed, the bush is tied, wrapped with burlap or lutrasil and the branches are bent to the ground. So that the branches do not break under the weight of snow, a log or a roller made of tightly tied coniferous branches is laid under them. Under the root you need to pour pine needles. From above the plant is covered with a film.

The film is removed in the spring, as soon as the snow melts, so that the garden hydrangea can be ventilated. The bush can be raised. It is necessary to remove lutrasil only when a stable positive temperature is established. With this method of shelter for the winter, the plant will bloom earlier than usual.



Failed shrub pruning

If the buds of future flowers are removed during autumn pruning, the plant will not bloom in due time.



Pruning hydrangeas should be done only when necessary. Young plants should not be touched until they begin to bloom. The first flowers appear on the perennial in 2-3 years. Panicled hydrangeas can bloom only for 6 years.

In autumn, most varieties of hydrangeas can be left uncut. spring pruning it is better to carry out at a later date, when the damage caused to the shrub by frost is visible. Remove dead buds, shoots and broken branches.

From correct pruning depends on the decorativeness of the shrub. Some types of hydrangea have a very developed shoot-forming ability. If you do not thin out the bush, it will quickly thicken and will bloom less abundantly with small inflorescences. On a heavily neglected perennial, flowers may not form.

It is necessary to cut small branches inside the bush that do not give full-fledged inflorescences.



To enhance flowering, last year's shoots must be shortened, leaving 1-3 strong pairs of buds. One pair is left on a thin shoot, and several inflorescences will fully develop on a thick shoot.

Large-leaved hydrangea blooms from the upper buds of last year's shoots. Therefore, it is important to keep the tops of young shoots that did not bloom last year. The lower buds on the shoots rarely bloom. Old shoots that are more than 4-6 years old do not produce flowers, so they must be removed.

Diseases and pests

The reason why the hydrangea does not bloom in the garden may be alkalization of the soil. Even if the flower is planted in the most suitable soil, over time the soil will become more alkaline. Due to the reduced acidity of the soil, the absorption of iron is disturbed in the plant and develops iron chlorosis(lack of iron).



A sign of chlorosis is prominent green veins on a brightened and yellowed background of the leaf plate. The leaves decrease in size, curl and fall off. The shape of the buds and flowers is changing. They dry out and crumble.

You can notice a decrease in soil acidity by changing the color of the inflorescence. If blue or blue flowers began to acquire a lilac color, the acidity of the soil decreases. On slightly acidic and neutral soil, pink hydrangea will bloom.

Hydrangea growing in lime-rich soil often suffers from chlorosis. Able to endure lime in the soil only tree hydrangea.

To cure a plant, you need to prepare a solution potassium nitrate. It is prepared from 40 g of potassium nitrate and 10 liters of water. Hydrangea is watered with the composition for 3 days in a row, and on the fourth day ferrous sulfate is added to the soil.

You can quickly and easily solve the problem of chlorosis with rust. It is scraped off large metal objects and mixed with root soil. You can dig near the roots rusty nails or tin lids.

To prevent the development of chlorosis, you need to regularly water the shrub with special fertilizers for hydrangeas.

In the spring, chlorosis can develop due to sharp temperature fluctuations during the day and night. The metabolism in the plant is disturbed if the roots are in cold soil, and the ground part is warmed by the sun's rays. As the soil warms up, the plant recovers.

In addition to chlorosis, aphids can prevent flowering, spider mite and powdery mildew. They prevent plants from developing, slowing down the flowering process or stopping it. Used for pest control modern facilities on a biological or chemical basis.



Wrong variety selected

Large-leaved hydrangea has recently begun to land in open ground. Many of its varieties are painfully endure climatic conditions in the northern and northwestern regions. If the hydrangea is given proper care, it can take root and form a healthy bush. But the gardener may not wait for flowering. The reason for the lack of flowers on the bush may be too short a summer. The perennial does not have time to form buds for flowering for the next season.

To enjoy the magnificent caps of hydrangea inflorescences, it is better to choose unpretentious varieties. For northern latitudes, a white tree hydrangea is suitable. It is rarely affected by pests and diseases, has frost resistance and does not die in drought. The plant will please with inflorescences the very next year after planting in the ground. The most popular variety in the north is tree hydrangea Annabelle.

Among amateur flower growers, hydrangea is especially popular. This is due to a number of factors. First of all, hydrangea flowers are collected in inflorescences and form large "caps". And the color range varies from pale white to bright red or purple.

Such a plant will decorate any flower bed. A feature of hydrangea is that you can grow it at home. However, it is quite whimsical and sometimes it is difficult to answer the question of why the hydrangea does not bloom. How do you need to care for this plant so that it pleases the eye during flowering? Hydrangea can be grown on open ground as well as in a pot. Let's consider each case separately.

Hydrangea garden

This shrub does not tolerate the sun well. Therefore, when choosing a landing site, it is necessary to choose a shaded area, on which direct sunlight practically does not fall. You need to constantly make sure that the soil is moist. Hydrangea with a lack of moisture not only blooms poorly, but also slows down the growth rate. A prerequisite for flowering hydrangea is the presence of soil with an acidic reaction.

Fertilizer and care

Like any other shrub, hydrangea needs fertilizer, top dressing and pruning. It is advisable to feed the flower several times a month with special substances.

pruning

As for pruning, the situation here is somewhat more complicated than with top dressing and fertilizer. Pruning is done:

• in the spring, if during the winter the branches of the bush suffered from the cold;
• autumn, to rejuvenate the plant.

To avoid damage to the branches, you need to cut off all the inflorescences every autumn. The exception is the macrophile, which does not need pruning. Such a need exists only when there are branches affected by frost. At the same time, care must be taken not to remove branches with flower buds during pruning. Often this is the reason why the hydrangea does not bloom.

Features of care

You also need to make sure that the soil is loose. If you want to avoid constant work on loosening the soil, you can add mulch. And it is desirable to water the plant with warm water. Hydrangea can hardly be called a frost-resistant plant. Therefore, for the winter it needs to be covered or dug up.

Reasons for the lack of inflorescences

Based on the foregoing, the answer to the question of why garden hydrangea does not bloom may be as follows:

• wrong place for landing;
• incorrect pruning;
• damage to shoots by frost;
• underdeveloped root system.

Due to the fact that there are more than 80 types of hydrangea, each of them has specific features. Consider possible reasons lack of inflorescences for the most popular varieties.

Paniculata hydrangea

There may be several reasons why panicled hydrangea does not bloom. This species is frost resistant. Unlike many other varieties, it can not be covered for the winter. However, it is no less, and perhaps even more whimsical, to soils than other hydrangeas. The plant feels good on the su clay soils which have low acidity. But on sandy soils paniculate hydrangea will most likely not bloom. Another reason for the lack of inflorescences in summer may be a lack of nutrients. Therefore, hydrangea must be fed.

pink hydrangea

The answer to the question of why pink hydrangea does not bloom is simple. This type of hydrangea does not tolerate frost. Therefore, the reason for the lack of inflorescences may be the freezing of flower buds. Plants should also be pruned carefully. Since you can cut shoots with flower buds already laid. Also, the reason for the lack of flowering may be an insufficiently strong root system. We must not forget that hydrangea loves acidic soil. And insufficient acidity of the soil can be the reason for the lack of flowers.

Why does the hydrangea large-leaved not bloom?

The main reason for the lack of inflorescences is improper pruning. It is advisable to produce it in the spring and remove only branches affected by frost. Otherwise, you can lose the shoots on which the flower buds are laid. Also, large-leaved hydrangea will not bloom in conditions of insufficient watering.

Hydrangea

Why does the hydrangea tree not bloom? First of all, this shrub needs systematic feeding. In severe winters, the plant may freeze, which may be the reason for the lack of flowering. Like other species, this hydrangea needs abundant watering.

Hydrangea room

Like garden hydrangea, domestic hydrangea does not tolerate direct contact during flowering. sun rays and drought. Therefore, you need to choose a cool, sun-protected place. However, with the onset of winter, this plant must be rearranged to the sunniest place in the apartment. As for the temperature regime, it should not exceed 20 degrees Celsius. In addition to maintaining the required temperature, the hydrangea should be watered abundantly, and the leaves should be sprayed. For the winter, the plant sheds leaves, so watering can be reduced, but the complete drying of the earth is unacceptable. Indoor hydrangea, like garden hydrangea, needs to be fed. It needs to be done several times a month. After winter, weakened and damaged branches need to be cut.

Reasons for the lack of inflorescences

Here are some facts that may be the answer to the question of why room hydrangea does not bloom:

• wrong place for a flowerpot;
• insufficient amount of moisture;
• incorrect temperature regime;
• incorrect cutting.

In order for the hydrangea to please with lush inflorescences, it is necessary to monitor temperature regime and regular watering. These are the most important factors. Be sure to cover the plant for the winter. If the shoots were damaged in winter, then the likelihood that the hydrangea will bloom in the next few years is very small.

Making hydrangeas bloom luxuriantly is easy

Why the hydrangea does not bloom, we figured it out, but what needs to be done so that this plant begins to delight with lush inflorescences? You can try to find a better place. However, when transplanting, the plant may suffer. Therefore, you need to dig out the hydrangea carefully so as not to damage the root system. Otherwise, it will not bloom until it recovers. And this can take about two years.

It will also be useful to increase the acidity of the soil. This can be done using coniferous humus or peat. In no case should chalk, ash or lime be used for feeding. These substances reduce the acidity of the soil, and therefore, will cause a lack of flowering.

One of the main enemies of hydrangea is frost. Therefore, for the winter, the plant needs to be wrapped up, and the soil mulched. Damage to flower buds from residual frost will be the answer to the question of why hydrangeas do not bloom.

You also need to remember to water the shrub at least 2 times a week. If the plant is an adult, then it will need an average of 40 liters of water. It is better that it was rainy. If this is not possible, then the water must be defended.

If the hydrangea did not bloom in the summer, then do not prune in the fall. Perhaps it was during the autumn pruning of branches that you got rid of shoots with flower buds. After the winter, you will need to get rid of the affected branches, and from the flower buds you will get lush "caps" of inflorescences.

Another reason for the lack of flowers can be pests. These include mosaic leaf disease, downy mildew, gray rot, aphids, weevils, sharp noses and spider mites. If you find signs of a disease, then you must immediately take measures to combat them.

There is another detail that sellers are almost always silent about. The variety of varieties is very large. However, not all of them are suitable for our climate. If hydrangeas are not suitable for climatic conditions, then no matter how you care for the plant, it will not bloom.

Finally, I would like to say a few words about one feature of this marvelous shrub. Hydrangea is able to change its color. In order for the plant to change color, aluminum alum can be used. In a pre-prepared container, you need to put 5 grams of these alum and pour 1 liter of water. If there are several plants, you need to do large quantity solution. However, the ratio of water to aluminum alum should remain the same. It remains to water the soil with the resulting liquid. A change in color occurs due to a change in the acidity of the soil and the amount of iron in it. If you have iron filings on hand, you can safely replace alum with them. In extreme cases, old nails will do.

You can show imagination, and feed the bush only on one side. The result is a hydrangea with inflorescences of different shades. It is obvious that miracles do not happen and bright red will not work from white flowers. However, you can pink color turn into rich lilac, and white - into pale blue. Take care of the plant correctly - and you will never need an answer to the question of why the hydrangea does not bloom.

Garden hydrangeas belong to amazingly beautiful and lush flowering plants that look very impressive on summer cottages, flower beds.

These beauties can reach a height of up to one and a half meters! And a single hydrangea, and a composition of several bushes in the garden will always delight with magnificent inflorescences of different colors.

This is favored not only by the variety of shades of spherical and corymbose inflorescences, but also by the shape of the flowers themselves. In the center of the flower ball are female flowers, and larger and brighter male flowers, which consist of four or five enlarged sepals, adorn the edges.

In addition, this plant can be not only a shrub, but also a small tree, and even a liana. The possibilities for site design with hydrangeas are endless!

Usually, the flowering period of hydrangea lasts from late spring to early autumn. But sometimes gardeners who planted this plant a few years ago do not wait for the appearance of inflorescences. It happens that the hydrangea does not bloom well, and why is not known.

Reasons for the lack of flowering

Before looking for reasons why garden hydrangea does not bloom, and deciding what to do, you need to know about some of the features of the species.

So, tree and paniculate hydrangeas very demanding on the conditions of detention. In addition, young plants will not form inflorescences until they gain strength, but this lasts for years.

It is difficult to say exactly what year after planting the hydrangea blooms, because the quality of the soil, the level of lighting, and the regularity of watering matter.

In most cases, this plant does not bloom due to the fact that that its root system is not yet sufficiently developed. If you purchased a flowering bush, planted it on the site, and the flowering gradually faded away, do not be surprised.

Unscrupulous sellers often use growth stimulants to make hydrangeas bloom. As a rule, for another two years after such a forced flowering, the plants do not produce inflorescences, gaining strength.

The second reason is improper pruning of plants. Old varieties of large-leaved garden hydrangeas produce inflorescences at the top of the shoots that grew last year. If you have not bothered to cover the bush for the winter from frost and prepare for the winter, then these shoots will have to be removed due to freezing.

It is quite natural that during the flowering season your hydrangea will not please you with lush inflorescences. Moreover, it will not bloom for the next few years.

Pruning shoots should be done at the end of October. At the same time, several pairs of young buds are left on the shoots. In the spring, these young shoots are shortened again so that the flowering is more lush.

Garden hydrangea buds are laid in autumn. If at the beginning of spring, when they begin to wake up, frost hits, they will freeze. It is not recommended to remove shelter from the bush until the air temperature at night is set at -5 and above degrees.

The homeland of hydrangeas is middle Asia where the climate differs from the domestic one. When buying a plant in stores, please contact attention to varieties which are well acclimatized to our natural conditions.

The fact is that the heat-loving hydrangea may simply not have time to lay new flower buds in our short summer, and therefore will not bloom next year.

Although it seems, at first glance, that care for garden beauty hydrangea is simple, we must not forget that it is capricious. The expected flowering may not come, or it will be scarce, or the buds that appear will not bloom. There are many reasons why hydrangea does not bloom, we will consider them in order.

Wrong landing site selected

Open spaces, lit by the sun almost all day long, are completely unsuitable for growing, with the exception of only a few varieties of G. serrate, and she needs a limit of 6-8 hours a day.

If there is no other option, but you want to decorate your site with luxurious bushes, you have to go for tricks: low planting - the base is located 10 centimeters below the soil level, the trunk circle is covered with mulch (peat, sawdust); · choose from a variety of species G. paniculate, providing it with regular sufficient moisture, or G. serrated.

Also, strongly shaded corners are not suitable for beauties. In constant shade, the flowering of hydrangeas is very poor, and most often the buds do not bloom. All bush varieties do not like the wind. They are planted in protected places, but away from brick walls or fence. Such a neighborhood will soon lead to the oppression of plants.

It is also necessary to choose a well-drained area, melt or rainwater should not stagnate. Do not plant flowers near large trees - it will suffer from a lack of moisture.

If the wrong location is the reason for the lack of flowers, the bush should be transplanted, taking into account all the above recommendations.

Wrong watering regimen

Hydrangea, whose Latin name is Hydrangea - a vessel with water, loves moisture. In dry weather, she needs watering so that the soil around her roots does not dry out. At the same time, it is also important not to overfill in any case.

Basic watering rules: ·

in cool weather, it is enough to water once a week;

• during hot dry periods - once every three days;
• on heavy clay soils, moderate watering is carried out less often; ·
• on sandy and sandy loam - more often and more abundantly;

soft water is needed for irrigation (rain, filtered or settled for at least 5 days tap water).

Each plant needs 1-1.5 buckets of water per watering. Shrubs under the age of 3 years need additional moisture.

Adaptation of a purchased seedling

If you buy a seedling with an open root system (without an earthen clod), there will be fewer problems, he will be happy to find himself in the ground again. The main thing is to correctly compose the soil mixture for it and choose the most suitable place.

The composition of the substrate for planting:

• fertile land;
• turf;
• peat;
• humus;
• river sand.

Everything is taken in equal proportions and thoroughly mixed. This mixture already contains a sufficient amount organic fertilizers, provides good ventilation roots.

It is imperative to bring the acid-base index of the soil back to normal - for hydrangeas - 5.5-5.6 pH. If the seedling is in a container, the ground is not shaken off the roots, the roots are not cut off.

Important! Very often, these babies are fed with chemicals in order to have an impressive marketable condition. Therefore, in order to planting material did not experience severe stress, being in normal conditions, in the first year, nutrients are added in slightly increased doses - by 3-7%.

Unbalanced top dressing

An excess of nitrogen will lead to the release of young shoots, but they will not have time to become woody before the onset of cold weather. As a result, new branches will freeze, and flower buds will die with them.

Please note You can not feed with nitrogen and during the ripening of peduncles. This will provoke the appearance of new foliage, which will interfere with the qualitative formation of buds and full flowering. Therefore, fertilizers containing nitrogen are applied only in spring, when the growing season begins and lush greenery will only be useful for appearance and for photosynthesis. The rest of the top dressing (for a total of 3 or 4 seasons) is carried out with potash and phosphorus salts, and before winter they add organic matter - compost or rotted manure.

Other reasons

1. Incorrect autumn pruning or improper shelter for the winter Depending on the variety, flower stalks are formed on the shoots of the last or current year.

That is why autumn pruning is carried out according to the relevant rules. For those varieties whose flowers form on last year's branches, timely shelter for the winter is very important. In order for the young shoots to get stronger and stiffen before the onset of cold weather, about 3 weeks before the shelter, all leaves (both old and young) are removed to about the middle of the height of the bush.

2. Alkalinization of the soil. It also happens if the flower initially grows in an acidified environment. To avoid this, you should use complex fertilizers designed specifically for hydrangeas. They contain additives that regulate the acidity of the soil.

3. Diseases and pests. Although all hydrangeas have an increased resistance to diseases and pest attacks, care errors can lead to various kinds of lesions.

The most common disease is chlorosis - a violation of the absorption of iron. It is also possible the appearance powdery mildew, especially at the end of summer, when it is still hot during the day, and at night the air temperature drops sharply.

Of the pests that settle on weakened bushes, the most frequent "guests" are aphids and spider mites. As a result, it turns out that the hydrangea not only does not bloom, but it also does not form buds.

4.Wrong variety. Many varieties are completely unadapted to the short cool summer of the northern and northwestern regions: they grow, give lush greenery, but do not have time to lay and fully form flower buds.

For planting on your site, you should definitely choose those varieties that actively bloom in the open field in this particular region (zoned).

If the choice nevertheless fell on a more heat-loving plant, it makes sense to grow it in winter garden or in a large flowerpot to prolong the warm season for him by bringing him into the room.

The main thing when buying hydrangeas- choose the right variety that can take root in the climate of the region and survive the winter cold. If the variety is chosen correctly, the lack of flowers can be caused by one of the following factors:

• Unsuitable climate - hydrangea is quite a heat-loving plant, transplanting into new conditions can be stressful. In an unfamiliar climate, generative buds will not develop. Before buying a flower, you need to find out in what conditions it grew.
• Insufficiency of the root system: in young hydrangeas, the roots are quite fragile and weak; after transplantation, such plants may not bloom for two to five years.
• Young plants do not give flowers; for flowering, the age of hydrangeas should begin at 5 years.
• Incorrect pruning - with an annual incorrect pruning, there will be no flowers, or there will be very few of them.
• Cold - for the winter, the plant must be covered, acting carefully and carefully. If it is not enough to cover the hydrangea, the shoots will freeze; if it is done too tightly, there is a risk of damaging the branches.
• Inappropriate feeding - may be one of the reasons why the flowers do not bloom.
• Poor soil - the plant is quite demanding on the quality of fertilizers and the soil on which it grows.
• Artificial stimulation of flowering - if, before selling, the flower was drip-fed with fertilizers to simulate a lush blooming view, next year there may be no flowers at all. In order for the bush to start producing flowers, it needs proper care.

By providing garden hydrangeas with proper care, you will get an excellent decoration in the garden, and fragrant lush inflorescences will delight the eye for a long time. Let your hydrangea bloom as much as you wish!

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