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archiemo

(493 posts) Fri Aug 18, 2023, 11:46 AM Aug 2023

Hydrangea blossoms never fully bloom

Help! I have really healthy looking hydrangeas (nice pretty leaves, no spots, etc) with lots of buds but they never fully bloom. Plants are three years old and this has happened every year. Any suggestions?

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Hydrangea blossoms never fully bloom (Original Post) archiemo Aug 2023 OP

Seems it's a complicated question. Phoenix61 Aug 2023 #1

Thank you. I have read this but don't think it quite addresses archiemo Aug 2023 #2

That does sound odd. A local nursery might be able to Phoenix61 Aug 2023 #3

Thank you! Good idea! archiemo Aug 2023 #4

When the same happened to our hydrangeas, found out I was fertilizing them too much Hestia Aug 2023 #5

Phoenix61

(17,038 posts)

1. Seems it's a complicated question.

Reply to archiemo (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 11:49 AM

Aug 2023

https://www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/hydrangeas-not-blooming#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20common%2C%20basic,sun%2C%20and%20lack%20of%20time.

archiemo

(493 posts)

2. Thank you. I have read this but don't think it quite addresses

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:19 PM

Aug 2023

My problem. My plants have buds and do bloom. It’s just that the ‘bud’ doesn’t open up all the way. It only partially fills out.

Phoenix61

(17,038 posts)

3. That does sound odd. A local nursery might be able to

Reply to archiemo (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:36 PM

Aug 2023

figure it out. I finally broke down and paid the $35 to have my soil analyzed to figure out why my blueberry bushes were so unhappy.

archiemo

(493 posts)

4. Thank you! Good idea!

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 03:57 PM

Aug 2023

Hestia

(3,818 posts)

5. When the same happened to our hydrangeas, found out I was fertilizing them too much

Reply to archiemo (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2023, 01:54 PM

Aug 2023

Lightly in the spring is all that is needed here. Deadheading too helps.

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