Topic: Why won`t it flower

[sunflower]

This a picture of my mums Hellebore, as u can see it is growing well but it doesn`t seem to want to flower. She has had it a couple of years & it has not flowered once!. There are some nettles growind near it so i wondered if there was to much nitrogen in the soil, probaly completly wrong so i thought i`d ask the experts ;D

[Garden Manager]

Helebores sometimes take a while to settle in enough to flower. They need to build their stength up to flower. Mine were in a couple of years before they flowered - and they have got better and better since!

Cant see that the nettles are actualy stoping it flower but  too much nitrogen will inhibit flowering. Probably needs feeding with a potassium based feed to encourage flowering, but i am not sure when to do this. Others might know.

Hope this helps.

[kenkew]

I have some interesting info but knowing exactly what you have would help as the info is pretty precise. Any more  on type?

[sunflower]

Fraid not, as it was given to my mum by someone else & since it hasn`t flowered can`t really describe it by them. Sorry :(

[gillianbc]

Mine took three years to flower and they were roughly the size of the one in your picture for all that time.  They have been in flower for a couple of months now and still got buds - grown a lot more leaves too.  So, just be patient - they're well worth waiting for.

[Garden Manager]

Fraid not, as it was given to my mum by someone else & since it hasn`t flowered can`t really describe it by them. Sorry :(

From the photo it looks like an orientalis/hybridus helebore.

Is this precise enough Kenkew?