Help please, first of all i got to say i know nothing about gardening, ok we have a Hydranga which over the years has produced beautiful large pink flowers, but this year all we have had is a lot of dead wood, i have cut it down nearly to ground level, my idea was to dig it up, but before i do i thought id ask, is there any chance it will come again next year thank you poppy :'(
Check for green buds. If nothing yet, you may consider it dead. I don't think it will come back after a year of "nothing". Mine also looked dead but now it's all back green.
I only cut it down yesterday as it looked dead to me, but at the very bottom there is one or 2 green leaves, i think i will leave it until next year and give it a chance :-?
Poppy, I would also take a wait & see attitude if there is a sign of something green. Did you have an unusually harsh winter this year?
Poppy I am guessing you live in a warmer climate and that perhaps your hydrangea is not super hardy. I am in zone 5b-(recently rezoned 6a) & I have to watch the hardiness recommendations for hydrangeas carefully. I think many are only reliably hardy to zone 6 or 7.
