Hydrangea frost bite!

Planted a new hydrangea shrub I bought a couple weeks back. It was well establised (about 2 foot) with a lot of healthy leaves.

Unfortunately the frost got to it a week ago and a lot of the leaves are black and dead.

Will it come back into health??

Wait until there's no more frosts & then prune back to a healthy bud.

An awful lot of 'hardy' plants in full flower now in garden centres and DIY sheds will be dutch grown under glass or plastic and therefore not to be trusted if frost is predicted. Should only be leaf damage but will ruin the look of them for a while.

We have a frost warning tonight and I can guarantee they will be picking the hydrageas up at work and putting them on trolleys to take inside the shop tonight.  If you have one at home get ready to fleece    The other really soft things going indoors will be Japanese acers and hardy fuchsias    Luckily we concentrate on UK growers at work, so don't have masses to worry about.

Delay pruning of your hydrangeas until late spring next year and subsequent years. The old stems and foliage protect the new shoots from late frost's.