9 Reasons Your Hydrangeas Won't Bloom (And How to Fix Them)

Lush green bush, not a single flower? You are not doing anything wrong. You were just never told how these plants actually work. In this video I walk you through nine reasons your hydrangea isn't blooming, in the order they happen in American yards, from the mistake you're probably making right now to the one almost no video ever mentions. The big one is reason number five, and it's the same mistake the University of Maryland Extension calls the number one reason hydrangeas fail to flower. Once you see it, you'll never make it again. By the end you'll be able to diagnose your own plant in about ten minutes, standing in your own backyard, using three simple groups: what you do to it, where you put it, and what you understand about it. Everything here is grounded in land-grant university extension research, including Washington State University, the University of Maryland, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Clemson University, Pennsylvania State University, Oregon State University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of New Hampshire. No products to sell you. Just the honest version. Drop a comment with the state you're gardening in, because where you live changes which of these is your problem.