The weather has thrown them a bit this year. Mine have just started setting flowers and the macrophylla one had quite a bit of frost damage. Fingers crossed the warm weather should get it going.
If you bought it last spring in flower, it's because it'll have been a forced one for the Easter market. Happens every year. They don't flower until summer. It's perfectly healthy, and should have plenty of foliage at this time of year - that's simply what happens when they mature and grow. It looks like something's appearing down in the bottom left of the pic though. Depending on which type it is, it'll get fairly large over time. Some get pruned back hard in spring [paniculatas] so once it flowers, you'll get an idea of which type it is, and can act accordingly. Most just get the spent heads taken off and a light prune back to the first leaf joint. If you aren't sure, you can post a photo of it in flower, and you'll get advice.
Many have been set back by the colder spring, so you're fortunate that it has so much good growth. Mine will be very late this year.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
This is my Macrophylla hydrangea, bought last year from supermarket and potted up till early April this year when it was planted. Looks perfectly happy and healthy so I wouldn't worry about yours as it looks to be in similar shape and condition.
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They don't flower until summer. It's perfectly healthy, and should have plenty of foliage at this time of year - that's simply what happens when they mature and grow. It looks like something's appearing down in the bottom left of the pic though.
Depending on which type it is, it'll get fairly large over time. Some get pruned back hard in spring [paniculatas] so once it flowers, you'll get an idea of which type it is, and can act accordingly. Most just get the spent heads taken off and a light prune back to the first leaf joint. If you aren't sure, you can post a photo of it in flower, and you'll get advice.
Many have been set back by the colder spring, so you're fortunate that it has so much good growth. Mine will be very late this year.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...