Disappointing Mock Orange

I have had a double mock orange, in a very large container, for about 4 years. In all this time it has never flowered although it always comes back with good growth. I do prune it every spring but wnder if that is the correct thing to do! I am quite diligent about giving it feed at the beginning of the season and also used liquid feed with the hose abot fortnightly during the summer.

Please help someone as I would really love to see it flower and the fragrance from mock orange is fabulous.

Sally

 

If you are pruning it in Spring then you are removing the flowering branches. Pruning of Philadelphus is done AFTER flowering. So leave it alone until next June/July and see what happens.

 

As Palustris said, and also

"also used liquid feed with the hose abot fortnightly during the summer."

Make sure that the N:P:K numbers on the packet doesn't have a higher number for the "N" relative to the P and K numbers. N will encourage soft leafy growth, K will help with flowering. If all the numbers are the same, or the K is a bit higher, that's going to be fine.

 

Thanks for all your advice. I have probably already pruned off any flowers I might have had this year :DOH: I will def. leave it alone now until after it flowers (hopefully) next year.

Sally

 

Mock Orange ( Philadelphus ) is just coming into flower now, so shouldn`t be pruned until the end of June at the earliest.