Blooms on a young hydrangea plant?

I have been growing several of these for the past three years with success. It is true that they bloom on old wood. The first year I had no flowers. In my climate (zone 5B) the stems needed protection (which I didn't provide the first winter) If you have growth coming from last years stems then there is a chance that you will see a few flowers. However come fall put a cage around them and fill it with leaves or straw, or wrap the plant in burlap and next year you should be rewarded with quite a few flowers.

I spoke with one of the breeders at the plant company Novalis and he gave me some tips. Don't water the hydrangeas unless they are wilting when you get out of bed in the morning. If the sun shines on the leaves for a while they will wilt even if they do not need any water. If they have an abundance of water they will grow lots of lush leaves at the expense of the flowers. Also do not fertilize them, the nitrogen will encourage leaves instead of flowers.

Lastly they prefer acidic soil so apply sulfur to make the soil acidic. Aluminum sulphate makes the flowers an intense blue - but can build up in the soil and actually become toxic to the plants so I suggest you shy away from in and use the sulfur instead.

not this year.... don't expect the flowers... you MIGHT luck out with one flower, if the cutting that was rooted was a then, new growth cutting.... that would make it old growth this year...I've had them put out a bloom that way.... but it's really better that they don't bloom and waste all that energy that they should be using to make roots!..... let them grow as much as they can and don't prune them at all, until after they bloom NEXT spring!!.... then you can shape the shrub to your liking....

that Hydrangeashydrangeas.com link is a great resource for hydra lovers!!....

I am assuming you have planted these hydrangeas into your garden so try applying sulphate of potash as a base dressing follow product use instructions for the right amount to apply and mix it lightly into the soil. Sulphate of potash is a rich source of potassium for encouraging flowering and fruiting in all plants as well as promoting resistance to disease.

you will be able to desire to wish irrigation...this is how the barren area grow to be waiting to blossom by using fact the rose...and fulfil the prophecy... I think of in case you irrigate then you certainly will quickly see some blooming of those hydrangeas!

I plant a new hydrangea this year I did put some fertilizer with sulfur in it on the hydrangea, it did fine it has nice green leaf's and beautiful flowers, I new water over the top of my hydrangea's I always water on the ground under the flowers so the root will get a good drink. WE had 8 weeks of really hot weather my hydrangea looked bad so in the hottest part of day I set a table over the hydrangea create shade and watered it it started doing good.

I don't know if they will or not but here is a hydangea link i use. http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/index.html Good Luck

I will let you know at the end of the year...