Geum Not Blooming

7 years ago

I've had the Mrs Bradshaw geum for about 3 years now - this is its third Summer from the nursery... it's never bloomed I thought maybe in the first year it needed to get its bearings, but last year it didnt bloom and this year it looks like happy foliage with no spikes yet. I have it planted in full sun and it gets enough moisture... I'm not totally sure what I'm doing wrong.

any advice would be appreciated!
thank you.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

7 years ago

The foliage looks perfectly reasonable for 'Mrs. Bradshaw' to me. Mine are only now coming into bloom but they ony receive partial sun. I would not be overly concerned about them not blooming yet in a colder zone.

I really like the coloring of geums and I grow a bunch of them.

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User
7 years ago
My (surviving) geums are in bloom, although Mrs Bradshaw has only put out a single stem (on a small plant)...but a lot of the US is still experiencing spring ephemerals and tulips...while mine are long finished. Depending where you are, there is still time for the geum to flower. Good luck.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
7 years ago
did you just snap off the tulip stalk [the wound is not brown] ... if so ... then you are in colder area... and it might just be a bit early for geum to be blooming ... as campy suggests ...

also ... check and see that it is not planted too deeply ... if it fails to bloom this year ...

is the yellow coloration in the overall pic... a camera trick.. is are all the plants yellowish??? ... might also be a cloudy day ...

ken
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HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada
7 years ago
Putting your zone in the details would help immensely. I have this geum as well as another one that I cannot remember the name of. Anyways, Mrs. Bradshaw blooms later than my other geum which is orange. The orange one just opened it's first bloom this morning. So depending on where you are it may be too early.
Alisha Lewis
Original Author
7 years ago
yeah not totally sure why they look slightly yellow. my camera must have done that.

okay I'll be a bit more paitent. my neighbours geum is blooming but her garden got more sun earlier on than I did.

for record I'm a zone 5
Embothrium
7 years ago
Might be inhibited by the mulch being up around it. On another subject the leaf divisions look too small and numerous for 'Bradshaw', as though you were sold the wrong kind of Geum anyway. Maybe even a weedy one.
linlily
7 years ago
My Mango Lassie as been in bloom for a couple of weeks here in zone 6. I received it in a trade a few years ago and it has put on a show every year now. I love it because it adds such color to the bed it's in early in the season. My ML doesn't require any special treatment and is mulched in.
User
7 years ago
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You know, Embo, I wondered myself at the foliage...even thinking it might have been a rogue herb bennet...but I am notoriously bad at online IDs, I hesitated to mention. Where's Floral when we need her?
Faith
7 years ago
My geum is not blooming yet, and I’m in zone 6. However, we have had an unusually cold May, including a late snow last night...sigh. But your geum May still bloom!