Janet Macunovich 32 Report post Posted May 31, 2012 I've been writing about this after checking around a bit, and now looking to see how it plays here, the notion that there was something about the past winter's weather that ruined Hydrangea anomala's bloom. So let's see how this poll thing works...Hmm. THOUGHT I just wrote a poll question. Grr. Well, if after I press "post" if there's no official click-the-buttons poll here maybe you-all can just let me know: Did your climbing hydrangeas sizzle in a great show or fizzle with few or no flowers this year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bitsy08 0 Report post Posted June 3, 2012 I've had the climbing hydrangea FOR YEARS and not one year has it had more than 3 flowers. I even remember an article that said if your flower isn't doing what you want, move it. So we moved it. I got one flower last year and 2 this year. And I even fertilized it last year hoping for better. I did get better. ONE. It grows well. Just doesn't flower. So very disappointing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dsmith74 16 Report post Posted June 3, 2012 Mine is six years old and is actually smaller than when I planted it - less than a foot tall. I suspect the black vine weevils are hard at work from below. Last year and so far this year it is finally showing measurable growth. Perhaps one of the only serious pesticide applications I've ever done - a soil drench of Sevin around it - was actually done at the right time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janet Macunovich 32 Report post Posted June 10, 2012 Black vine weevils do love climbing hydrangea, and can really set it back.Let's see, where did we write about Gail Morrell's epic battle with vine weevil on a climbingn hydrangea...? When I find it in our logs I'll get it posted on the site somewhere. Meanwhile, I'm letting Gail know the topic's come up again. (Not to even suggest that she should re-do it! Being able to keep writing NEW things, and build on the old is, after all, Steven's and my primary reason for creating www.GardenAtoZ.org, as what is becoming our one-spot library.)Re getting more bloom - does yours have a bunch of ground-level growth, the vine acting like a groundcover? We are pretty sure that kind of growth "tells" the rest of the plant "no bloom needed." At least, when we've cut such branches off and kept them off, we eventually got decent bloom.Does yours have sprawler branches, bitsy08? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites