Hydrangea no flowers

moonpenny

Bought an Hydrangea plant last year with big white flowers.
After winter it withered to nothing , just a few dried sticks sticking up from pot.   
Come springtime it sprouted fresh leaves from bottom and after watering well it is now back to a healthy looking bushy plant. No flowers though.
I know that some Hydrangeas only flower on old wood and wondered if it might flower next year? There is No sign of any flower buds at all.

twopenny

Do you know what type it is?

Many will flower with cutting back in autumn so on new wood and others not so much.
My neighbour's flourishing for years in a neglected pot watered by a downpipe. Only deadheaded.

I wonder if it was forced into flower for sale and needing to recover.

You could try feeding with a tomato liquid feed or Babybio house plant feed.

maisie_cat

We have about 20 hydrangeas dotted around the garden and I cut most of them down to the ground last year because they hadn't been pruned for years. They have all grown back larger and with more flowers so perhaps yours need an aggressive pruning.

moonpenny

Couldn't  have been more aggressive than a few dried sticks in a pot LoL.
It is only now about 12 inch across and slightly domed so still a small plant.  Just found the plant tag - no name just says Mophead and to remove dead leaves or flowers but not when.

Farway

Get it out of a pot & planted in the garden, free the beast within

Have you ever fed it?

moonpenny

It was planted in garden 2 weeks ago. No, not use plant feed just watered.

[Deleted User]

Plants in pots require a lot more attention than people realise and will ultimately want to be put in the ground within a year, sometimes longer depending on species.

Your Hydrangea, @moonpenny was probably dehydrated, pot bound, and just failing to thrive in its restricted environment hence no energy to produce flowers.
This genus require copious water to maintain proper uptake and now it's planted out will recover, you may see flowers next year.

Dustyevsky

[Deleted User] said:

Plants in pots require a lot more attention than people realise and will ultimately want to be put in the ground within a year, sometimes longer depending on species.

Your Hydrangea, @moonpenny was probably dehydrated, pot bound, and just failing to thrive in its restricted environment hence no energy to produce flowers.
This genus require copious water to maintain proper uptake and now it's planted out will recover, you may see flowers next year.

I'd agree with this, though some of my hydrangeas have been in pots way longer than a year. Ten years would be more like it, with the few not yet planted. They do recover when planted out. Tough old things!

sheramber

Is it in a big enough pot.?

You can buy specific hydrangea food in the garden centre. 

It might be  too small to flower yet.