Hydrangea turning brown and dropping leaves?

[ktzmoh]

This is our first winter in the house. It doesn't get super cold here - it frosted last night and that was big news around here. We only get one or two light frost coatings a year. But we do get lots of rain in the winter.

We have a medium sized hydrangea bush out front that I really like. As soon as we got our first big rain, the leaves started turning yellow and falling off.

Is this thing dying? now all the leaves are yellow and there are very few left on. Is this a normal seasonal cycle for hydrangeas? or did I kill it somehow.

[treedimensional]

Yes. Hydrangeas are not evergreen so it is normal for them to turn brown and drop leaves.

[ktzmoh]

Ok thanks! Im relieved that my once-green thumb hasn't turned to a black thumb of death just yet.