PlantsShrubs & Vines
Annabelle Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Big white mopheads on new wood
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- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 4 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Aug
- How it spreads
- Shrub, suckers
- What to buy
- The Annabelle or Incrediball form, not a woods transplant.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
Same species as wild hydrangea. Annabelle is the garden mophead. It blooms on new wood, so a hard winter doesn't erase the flowers. The heads flop after rain. Incrediball stays more upright. Cut it down in early spring.
