Anyone know anything about hydrangeas?.

[CounsellorTroi]

I’ve got a hydrangea bush in my garden, it looks perfectly healthy foliage wise but no sign of any flowering. I water and feed it regularly. Any advice? Is it just too early?

One of mine has tiny buds but the other one has no sign yet, I think it's a bit early and everything seems to be running a bit late this year.

It's far too early. I'm in Yorkshire, and mine don't flower until July at the earliest.

I would lay off the feeding. They only need it twice a year. Over feeding can result in lot of leaves at the expense of the flowers.

They are quite low maintenance but need plenty of water. I'm Midlands in an exposed area and mine are just starting to get their green cluster buds. Everything seems slow this year because of the colder, dry spring.

Mine have frazzled leaves due to the frosty dry April

Thanks for all the advice. Guess it's too early, though I have seen some flowering around here!

I can't seem to make my two grow everything else is flourishing

@Overdueanamechange

They are quite low maintenance but need plenty of water. I'm Midlands in an exposed area and mine are just starting to get their green cluster buds. Everything seems slow this year because of the colder, dry spring.

Mine too, in the NW. some of them just starting to show signs of buds, others not. They started into growth in the early warm snap but then got knocked back by the hard frosts.

When did you prune it? Different types need pruned at different times.

Maybe the ones you have seen flowering are newly planted? The ones in the garden centres are all flowering. My ones in pots though are not even in bud.

Mine are struggling this year. I did wonder if the late frost had killed them off as we had some very crispy leaves but over the last couple of weeks, they seem to be a bit healthier. No signs of flowering still though.

I don't really like hydrangeas but there was one in the garden when we moved in so I've left it. They're pretty indestructible.

We've been here over 15 years and I've never watered or fed it but it's very big and healthy. It usually has loads of flowers but there's no sign of any yet this year (South East).

We have one here which was damaged by a late frost, although it has a few green leaves around the bottom so may well come back next year.
I also have one in a pot which is just starting to show some small buds so hopefully that will flower this year.
I imagine the ones in garden centres are brought on to flower at the time they’re being sold somehow. I might give mine a little feed as I haven’t done that yet. Hopefully they’ll flower in the next month or two.