Why aren't my plants flowering?

[Orangeanddemons]

Most of them are, but some are just stubbornly looking at me and refusing to flower.
E.g, I bought an Astillbe in May. It had pink buds on it. It's still got pink buds on now Echinaccea (sp) not flowered, a big red Lobelia thing, not flowered. Is it the crap weather?

It's called Younique. Here's a close up photo. It's just mardy isn't it?

Yes, I think it perhaps hasn't flowered yet. It is a compact form, and that plant has a lot of flowers to leaf ratio!

I wonder if it has a minor case of transplant shock? The leaves look pretty healthy - think I'd be tempted to mulch around it, feed, and leave it for next year (you may get a later burst of bloom). A lot of astilbes are grown in the Netherlands and may be initially a bit unhappy with the transfer to British soil. Make sure it gets plenty of water - they are very thirsty. I brought some stems of my larger astilbe indoors in a vase a couple of months back and they 'drank' well over a pint of water a day.

Holly is wise as ever

I see that it can take a reasonable amount of sun in " cool summer regions " so I wouldnt worry about keeping it in the shade in the north of England .

I also see its early flowering . But regardless of flowering time, it should have put on some new leaves in the very wet cool summer .

I'm confused by it being beside a rose because roses like openness and you said it was in moist shade

puts on wise sage face... everybody collapses laughing at the idea

Agree about the rose, unless it's one of the varieties that likes shade. Which reminds me - I need to look into this!

It's definitely in shade most of the day.