Hydrangea with no flowers

[moragbellingham]

We moved in recently and was pleased to find a hydrangea bush in the front garden (along with virtually all of our neighbours).

But we have no flowers on ours.

Before we moved in the landlord asked someone to do the garden and he literally chainsawed everything to about a foot of growth.
Is this why we have no flowers and will it ever flower again?

In a nutshell, yes and yes.

Hydrangeas flower on the previous years' growth, so if you get rid of that, it can't flower.

It should regrow next year, but I think I'd give it some blood, fish and bone to help it put its growth back on after the brutal job it's had!

Here's the RHS guidance:

apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=516

Have you been on your hols yet GM?

Thanks GM.

I understand the previous owner was most upset to find her garden had been hacked to bits.

I do wonder about our gardener's knowledge sometimes after he decided to transplant a patch of flowering weeds!

It also might have had it's buds murdered by that late snow we had. Mine is usually good for flowers, but only has two this year. And as Grendelsmum says, feed it!