When the Kolkwitzia refuses to flower, the disappointment knows no bounds. Because the small shimmering works of art make up their beauty. But it doesn't have to come to that. It is enough to know and avoid possible causes of flower loss.

It's very annoying if Kolkwitzia flowers only sparsely or not at all

May to June is flowering time

Every year in late spring the time has come: the Kolkwitzia blooms. Or not! A cold spring can delay the flowering of all Kolkwitzia varieties, but it will not be canceled completely. So there must be other reasons why the shrub is withholding its soft pink flowers from us.

Possible causes of lack of flowers

In the living conditions and care of Kolkwitzie
possible causes for the loss of flowers must be sought. There are three possible ones:

  • Wrong location
  • over-fertilization
  • pruning

Wrong location

Plenty of sunshine is an elixir of flowers for the mother-of-pearl shrub, as the Kolkwitzia is also known. If this flower guarantor is missing, the small flowers cannot be seen or not as plentifully as we would like.

So that the sad sight does not repeat itself year after year, you have to optimize an unsuitable location by cutting back shady plants vigorously. You can also transplant a young Kolkwitzie. The hard-working bees also love the Kolkwitzie and will be happy about better flowering times.

over-fertilization

The Kolkwitzia is special in that, unlike many shrubs, it hardly requires any nutrients. In the garden it does not need fertilization, the soil can even be poor. Only if the soil is very poor in nutrients can it be fertilized modestly with compost during the flowering period.

A large amount of nutrients produces many flowers. The owner of a mother-of-pearl bush can think in a similar way and fertilize it generously. With this shrub, however, the flower suffers from oversupply.

tips

Water the bottom area with plenty of water to flush out as many nutrients as possible. Of course, further fertilization must also be stopped at the same time.

pruning

The mother-of-pearl bush is not pruned in the first few years and then only pruned out when necessary. But if its size gets out of hand or the shrub is bare, it has to be pruned more radically. In this case, there will be no flowering in the following year or at least it will be significantly reduced. Time will fix this problem as the shrub will sprout more vigorously.

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Garden design