Getting it to bloom
Why won't my Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' bloom? (and how to make it flower)
Also called Honorine Jobert Japanese anemone, white Japanese anemone (Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert').
More about anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert'
About Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' · also called Honorine Jobert Japanese anemone, white Japanese anemone · flowering
An RHS award-winning Japanese anemone bearing pure-white single flowers with golden-yellow stamens on wiry 1.2 m stems from late summer into autumn. It thrives in part shade and moist, fertile soil, spreading by underground runners to form generous clumps. Reliable, long-flowering and a magnet for late-season bees, but slow to settle and resentful of disturbance once established.
Plant type: flowering
Watch for — Slow to establish: Often sulks and barely flowers in its first year or two, then suddenly accelerates. Resist moving or dividing it; give it time and steady moisture to settle in.
The reasons anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' isn't blooming
Almost every non-blooming anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' traces back to one of these, roughly in order of how common they are:
- Too little sun — most of these need full sun (or very bright light) to flower well; shade gives leaves, not blooms.
- Too much nitrogen feed, driving lush foliage at the expense of flowers (very common with general or lawn feeds).
- The plant has not been deadheaded, so it stops flowering once it sets seed.
- Irregular watering — drought or waterlogging at the budding stage makes buds abort.
- It is still too young or was checked by a transplant and is rebuilding before flowering.
Feeding anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' a high-nitrogen general feed and growing it in too little sun — you get a big leafy plant and almost no flowers.
The fix — how to get anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' to flower
- Maximise sun. Give anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' the sunniest spot you have — for most bedding and fruiting plants, more direct light directly means more flowers.
- Switch the feed. Move off high-nitrogen feeds and use a higher-potassium "bloom" or tomato-type feed as it comes into flower.
- Deadhead regularly. Remove spent flowers often to keep it producing more rather than stopping to set seed.
- Water consistently. Keep moisture even through budding and flowering — drought-then-flood swings make buds drop.
Light and feeding do most of the heavy lifting here. Dial in the spot with the light guide for anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' and get the feeding right with the anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' fertilising schedule — the wrong feed (too much nitrogen) is one of the most common silent reasons a healthy plant makes leaves instead of flowers.
Bloom season and what to expect
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' flowers across its growing season (mostly summer) and, kept fed and deadheaded, can bloom for many weeks or right up to frost.
Post-bloom care so it flowers again
Deadhead, keep feeding lightly, and many will rebloom; collect seed from the best plants at the end of the season if you want to grow them again.
For everything else this plant needs day to day, see the full anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' care brief and its watering schedule — a stressed, badly watered plant rarely has the energy to flower at all.
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' blooming — frequently asked questions
Why won't my anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' flower?
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' blooms on the season's growth given enough sun, warmth and the right feed — there is no cold or photoperiod trick, just good growing conditions and a bloom-leaning feed. The most common reason it is not happening: Too little sun — most of these need full sun (or very bright light) to flower well; shade gives leaves, not blooms.
How do I make anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' bloom?
Give anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' the sunniest spot you have — for most bedding and fruiting plants, more direct light directly means more flowers. Move off high-nitrogen feeds and use a higher-potassium "bloom" or tomato-type feed as it comes into flower.
When does anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' normally bloom?
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' flowers across its growing season (mostly summer) and, kept fed and deadheaded, can bloom for many weeks or right up to frost.
What should I do with anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' after it flowers?
Deadhead, keep feeding lightly, and many will rebloom; collect seed from the best plants at the end of the season if you want to grow them again.
What is the single biggest mistake stopping anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' flowering?
Feeding anemone × hybrida 'honorine jobert' a high-nitrogen general feed and growing it in too little sun — you get a big leafy plant and almost no flowers.
Keep reading
- Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' care — the full brief (light, water, humidity, problems, pet safety)
- Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' light needs — usually the first thing to fix for flowers
- Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' fertilising — the right feed for buds, not just leaves
- Should I water my plant? The simple check
- Why is my plant wilting? Wet vs dry
- Underwatered plant — signs and rehydration
- Why won't my peace lily bloom?
- Why won't my jade plant bloom?
- Why won't my tomato bloom?
- All 2023 bloom guides in the Growli library