Not experienced enough to say but doesn't look bad in my opinion. I'd say give it till Mid summer to confirm though. I just took a peak inside my winter protection and I saw a bunch of green buds on the branches. What i'm concerned about is I think the cage has been perpetually wet from all the rain. I mostly used hay and it packs down pretty tight and held onto a lot of moisture.
Hopefully I don't have fungus down there. I didn't see any signs when I was poking around but didn't go down that deep. I love the blue flowers but if I developed a fungus problem and it wreaked havoc on the Macros, i'm going to pass on Macros going forward and just do Paniculatas.

Billy, I kept the top of my cage covered with a tarp most of the winter to cut down on the moisture.

Yea I didn't do that, Rookie mistake on my part.....

It looks pretty darn good to me......very similar to my never protected ones :-) You may find a few stems that do not leaf out and can be removed but since this an old and new wood bloomer, I am pretty sure you will get a decent flower show.

I see green so that means it survived and made it made it through winter. How well it may flower . . . only time will tell.

Just wondering... did you winter protect the potted hydrangea?... Pot and all?

PS - wait now until the flower buds open and look like broccoli heads. That will signal to you that the winter protection was effective against this year's winter weather.

luis..the pot was protected..it was in a big garbage bag covered with oak leaves inside my shed..the shed is not heated..we did have some absolutely freezing winter days..

Man, I've never used winter protection and I never see anyone do it either. I lost a couple limbs, but very little die back. My LA Dreamin' does particularly well each year, despite some threads where people say they fair no better than Endless Summer.

Jon..it sounds as if you have the right climate.. :-)

Well, I'm in a little pocket of 6B amidst 6A. My folks live just 10-minutes north and their Macs struggle quite a bit relatively. Some of you live in climates that ought to be warmer, but are reporting having to use a lot of winter protection.