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Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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Wed, Jun 2, 10 at 22:01
| I have a hydrangea that has a lot of flower buds but only 1 or 2 of them will actually bloom. The blooms are a lightblue/pale yellow color. The plant gets morning sun and afternoon shade. Any suggestions as to why the buds won't bloom? |
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RE: Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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| What happens to the buds that do not bloom? Do they brown out or disappear (are they getting eaten by some pest)? |
RE: Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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| Sorry I took so long to reply. The buds are not getting eaten, right now there has got to bee at least 50 large flower buds, some of them have a couple of petal open around the edges. I will take a picture when it stops raining. I have had this plant for about 4-5 years, at first I was cutting it down in the fall, then discovered that is why I had no buds, now I don't prune and get lots of buds that won't bloom!!! |
RE: Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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| photos of hydrangea that won't bloom |
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RE: Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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| It looks like you are growing a lacecap hydrangea, and it looks normal to me--although I've never grown a lacecap. One reason I've avoided them is because they do not get those big "mophead" blooms that many gardeners want from their hydrangeas. Were you expecting a mophead bloom? If so, you will have to plant a mophead instead of a lacecap. I hope I haven't misunderstood your problem, but for a lacecap, your hydrangea is looking pretty good. Kate |
RE: Hydrangea has lots of flower buds but they do not bloom
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| Kate is correct, you have a lacecap hydrangea. What you see is all you will get from this hydrangea. Although I think it looks pretty good because I like lacecaps.. I bought some aluminum sulfate at my garden center and added it to my lacecap. The flowers are now very deep dark blue and much more striking than they were before. |
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