Hops bloom in summer. Then the typical flowers appear, which are male or female depending on the plant. The flowering period is quite long. Pretty soon after that, the first fruits are ripe and can be harvested.
Hops bloom from June to September
The heyday of hops
The first flowers appear in June. New flowers continue to form on the plant until September. Female flowers are usually seen, as male plants are usually destroyed.
At the end of August the first fruits are ripe and can be harvested. The harvest season ends at the end of September when the hops prepare for the winter season. It retracts and no longer develops new leaves or shoots.
tips
Hops are not grown for their greenish flowers, but for the fruit they produce. Since the climbing plant is very fast-growing, it is also often planted as a privacy screen in the garden.