Do you fertilize in winter months?

I am in zone 8B, so I realize a lot of my friends here would probably do things different, depending on zone.

I have only had a few plants bloom for me this year. My unnamed pink sav bloomed first of the summer with full flushes. My CDW bloomed with only three blooms,janet Reno was next with four blooms and now apricot moonflower with a flush of six blooms.My jamacian yellow had three blooms which I crosses with soem creamsickle pollen I had, and i eneded up with three pods on her,By now By this time last year i had tons of pods all over my yard exspecially my Deep pink sav, but this year i only have these three on JY, a whole different topic so let's get back to my problem SORRY, I see no more blooms in my future except CG which has four buds and sunkissed with two buds.
What am i doing wrong?
I had flush after flush last year, and I have 100 plants which are from fall cuttings I over wintered in the GH , so i am not looking for much out of them this year, but last year's plants which were over wintered in the ground are not growing or blooming like they should be.
should i have been fertilizing these in their dormant state over the winter?
should i be watering more?
we have had very little rain compared to last year, maybe that is my delimma.
Any body else having this problem in my zone?

Since I can't overwinter in the ground, I am probably not the best person to be answering your question about fertilizer. Myself, I do not practice fertilizing anything that is not actively growing. Once they begin to put on leaves I do fertilize twice a week. When it got hot a while back, I didn't fertilize as much, for my own health reasons, but I'm back to it again. I've had a few that have bloomed well, but all that are in the ground are blooming with just a few flowers. Very strange. Every brug that I have in the ground is either from seed or from last fall's cuttings. You will have bloom, I'm sure. Give them a good drink and food and regularly, then see what happens.

Thank you shirley i appreciate your info, It feels better when i am not alone in the boat.....whew

You're certainly welcome. I hope you have so many blooms the air is thick with fragrance.

I would give them a rest from December to January like in their native habitat. I wouldnt feed them for appr. 8 weeks.
I feed mine once every two weeks.

Gosh Monika, I'm still feeding enough then. I know I've never gone longer than that for feeding, but a lot of mine are in pots on top of the ground and I feel they need a little more feed than those in the ground. Am I wasting fertilizer on them?

Springsong, don't feel bad, this has been a bad summer for me also. I think mine are resting right now. I had large flushes during the spring and early summer. Since then, just a few flowers here and there. I expect to have 1 or 2 more flushes during the fall months. I think a lot of it has to do with the weather we have had. Rain the whole month of June, then extremely hot weather in July. Mine always does better when the night time temps drop below 60 degrees.

Thanks larry and monika I will water and feed and see what happens . Larry you have gotten way more rain than me then . it is dry dry dry.

They need food Shirley but not that much because they dont grow. You should fertilize enough to maintain the live functions but not more.

I probably mislead you. That is how I fertilize during the summer. I barely fertilize at all during the winter unless I mix too much for my houseplants and then the brugs get a drink.

dumb question, but what about "light" and "watering" during the winter months?

I understood ,i will just continue to water and fertilize this summer and see what they do. thanks for your help :~))

My big plants have very little light and very little water during the winter. Just enough to keep them alive. My cuttings and seedlings get more of both. I seem to water frequently during the winter because I don't have a winter greenhouse. Our home becomes a greenhouse and the furnace heat pulls moisture from the plants fairly quick.

Mine are going inside, as well. I can't use my sunroom in the winter, it isn't heated. I use that in the Spring, when it warms up enough, and then discontinue using it in the summer, because then things fry in there it gets so hot.