Plant: Annabelle - Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Annabelle is a fast growing, rounded, multi stemmed selection of the native smooth hydrangea, carrying pure white flower heads up to 12 inches across from late spring into fall on sturdy stems that hold up to heavy rain. The coarse, sharply toothed dark green leaves back the bloom, and the brown bark shreds and peels in thin layers. It grows about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide in partial sun on moist, well drained soil, blooms on new wood so it is pruned in spring, and is used for borders, mass plantings, containers and cutting.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-9
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Annabelle is a fast growing, rounded, multi stemmed selection of the native smooth hydrangea, carrying pure white flower heads up to 12 inches across from late spring into fall on sturdy stems that hold up to heavy rain. The coarse, sharply toothed dark green leaves back the bloom, and the brown bark shreds and peels in thin layers. It grows about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide in partial sun on moist, well drained soil, blooms on new wood so it is pruned in spring, and is used for borders, mass plantings, containers and cutting.
- Flowers
- Pure white blooms measuring up to 12 inches across, carried on flattened to domed clusters from late spring into fall.
- Foliage
- Opposite, simple, broad egg shaped to rounded, sharply toothed, dark green leaves 2 to 6 inches long with pale green undersides.
- Bark & stems
- Brown and finely shredded bark that peels off in thin layers with different colours.
- Pruning
- Blooms best on new wood; prune in spring before growth emerges.
- Native range
- New York to Florida, west to Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
