Q. I have two of these plants at my front door area that are
two years old. They only bloomed the first year and this year they are very
green but no flowers. How do I get them to flower? I tried cutting the water
for 2-3 weeks but that only made them grow and greener. I would appreciate any help and suggestions you may have. I
have attached pictures of them.
A. Flowering requires at least 8 hours of
direct sunlight everyday. If they are not getting enough they will be a nice green, grow well but flowering will be greatly reduced or eliminated.
Over-application of rich soil amendments or high nitrogen fertilizers can also
delay or decrease flowering but make a nice green plant. They might flower the
first year because flowering was already started or flower buds were in
progress from the nursery.
spot you will have to move them to a sunnier location or out further into the
light. If this was from high nitrogen fertilizers or soil amendments just let
the nitrogen get used up and they should start flowering when that happens.
When fertilizing, use a tomato or rose fertilizer and not a lawn type
fertilizer. The others have the right balance of nitrogen and phosphorus for flowering.