Is it dead?
I thought it was dead. I bought this pretty hydrangea tree last year. Over the winter we had a horrible ice storm. Most of my plants made it through okay, but the hydrangea didn't look so good. I did some investigating on the internet. I found a Gardner who showed how to prune the dead limbs and cross limbs off the hydrangea. I followed the direction of the Gardner very carefully. I ended up with a awkward looking bare limbed looking tree. I even heard the question, what happened to it? I waited. I checked to see if there were any buds periodically. Nothing. Then one day I saw what appeared to be buds down on the lower branches. I became excited about the tree possibly being alive. I planned to cut the branches down to what appeared to be buds. First, I prayed over each branch to have life and to bloom. I checked on it again to see if the little buds were blooming. Not much appeared to be happening. Would the tree bloom? Would the beautiful flowers of the tree show it's