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Can someone please remind me what is the name for those flowers that look and feel like paper please? They come in blue, pink, white Jen

Is it scabious Jen?

Jen,are you talking about cistus, also known as sun rose?

paper flowers !

Cherry & Teresa..........those names don't ring any bells lol! They are out in the garden, I bought three of them, fairly mature plants early last year when they were in bloom and they put on a lovely show...............they grow quiet thick and bushy with plenty of foliage and the blossoms are made up of a variety of smaller flowers, which make one big flower to the stem...........they look gorgeous when they are out..........but this year, they just have not bothered flowering...........wondering if the weather has been the cause? One is all pink and the other two are a mauvy blue colour. To look at and touch they are like thick paper. Just can't recall the name for them? Jen

Hi Jen I think it may be Statice/Statis or Limonium scabrum. :0)) Joan

That sounds like it Joan!

Jen, I think I understand your description. Delphiniams perhaps?

Oh it is also known as 'Sea Pink or Sea Lavender!' ;0)) Joan

Nothing is clicking here girls.........c*uld they be Rhodi's? Jen

You are probably thiking of Limonium flowers.They are slender and feel very papery. Or maybe Helichrysum,i recal my Dad growing these and hanging them up to dry,they are everlasting flowers. Though these are more strawlike than paper. Mau

Hydrangea.......................found them, thanks everyone! Will they flower again? does anyone know.....will it be the weather or are they bi-annual? Jen

Just looking in DIL's gardening book and it says they should flower every year in summer...............this summer only two of them got one bloom each, which did not last very long??? Don't understand that! Jen

Hydrangea is a shrub and will continue to flower year after year. They need dead heading as soon as the floweres have gone a browny colour. Sue

Jen Statice is definitely a 'paper' flower. Check out the pictures on Google : http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=flower+statice&btnG=Search Type in 'Statice flower' :0) Joan

Sue, thankyou............I did dead head them last year and what your saying about the growth factor is true. Have to see what happens next year. Jen

Joan thanks, Have a picture, so know it's the right flower. I shall just be very miffed it they don't show next year, as they are meant to, as they were very expensive.........£20 each when I bought them last year............don't fancy £60's worth of flowers dying on me! Jen

Jen, you shouldn't dead head them until the spring, to protect the new shoots from frost. Did you prune them last year, that may have stopped them flowering this year. Most importantly, they may have been planted in the wrong soil, so you will need to use a liquid feed especially designed for them to redress the balance.

Teresa, I don't think the soil has affected them in any way Teresa, as last year they flowered all through the summer beautifully.......I think perhaps, maybe I did dead head them too soon oh dear! Didn't realise that.......... Will they still need the liquid feed then Teresa, or is this only on account of the soil? Thanks Jen

Jen, I always feed mine every two weeks from spring through to Autumn. If the balance of the soil isn't right, too much acid etc, you won't get the blooms. Available at any garden centre, Homebase etc. One bottle lasts me the whole season.