Frost got my hydrangeas :(

do you think i could prune back a bit and they'd be ok?

 

Two of mine were bitten by the frost. The worst of the two I have trimmed off the purple/brown stems back down to the fresh looking parts. The other one, I'm leaving alone for the time being.
Not sure if that is the right thing to do or not hence only trimming one of them.

 

Snorky, I would wait a while.....just a couple of weeks or so....let the new foliage develop then "tidy" out the affected leaves

 

Blooming frost got some of my stuff too. Rodgersia is looking sad, all the new growth on the Grisellinia hedge ....and my bestest favourite Persicaria Red Dragon Oh well, nature`s way of helping with the pruning I suppose

 

Mine is looking purple on a few leaves too, I was just going to leave it

 

These plants will buck up in a week or so (as Verdun said) I think if it is just the soft new growth that is frosted, a little sunshine and time will sort them out.

 

I'll hold tight then and hope for the best!

 

I would just leave them alone.

 

These are how mine are looking now:

This is the untrimmed one (in a tub)



and this is the trimmed one (in the border)

 

Some of the leaves of mine are the same & the inner tiny flower buds on my lace cap have blackened