Finally after 3 years of planting our Hydrangea(s) have started to bloom. When we had bought it in fall 2005, it had blooms and we had planted them in a spot where it would get morning sunlight. The second year we didn’t see any bloom (though the plant looked very green and healthy). I had called in to Master Gardner’s (It’s a horticultural answer service provided by University of Missouri Extension) and the lady I had spoke to suggested, transplanting our Hydrangeas to a spot where it would get full sunlight and she gave some valuable suggestion on pruning.
So during spring 2007 we moved it to a spot where these would get full sunlight and we have started seeing blooms this year.
So if your Hydrangeas didn’t bloom
- Check to see if they get enough sunlight
- During spring pruning selectively prune out the dead stems.
- Don’t prune out all the old wood, since this is what will keep flowering as the new growth matures
Our next experiment with Hydrangeas is to feed the plant with coffee grounds to lower the pH of the soil thereby make it bloom in purple/blue

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