Plant: Incrediball® Smooth Hydrangea

Plant description

An improved Annabelle type smooth hydrangea reaching 4 to 5 feet tall and wide, with sturdy stems that resist flopping under enormous white flower heads nearly the size of basketballs. The blooms open white through early, mid and late summer and age to jade green, persisting through frost. Proven Winners recommends part sun to sun with at least six hours a day for the best bloom, amended soil, average water and a mulch layer, and cutting the plant back by about one third each spring. Its dark green foliage and long lasting flowers suit landscapes, naturalizing, hedges and perennial gardens.

Flowers

Enormous white snowballs, nearly the size of basketballs, that age to jade green and persist through frost.

Foliage

Opposite, simple, broad egg shaped to rounded, sharply toothed dark green leaves 2 to 6 inches long.

Fruit

Dehiscent ribbed brown capsules which ripen in July to September.

Bark & stems

Brown and finely shredded, peeling off in thin layers of differing colors.

Pruning

Blooms on new wood. Cut back by about one third of its height each spring as new growth emerges; fertilize with a rose fertilizer in early spring if desired.

Native range

Eastern U.S.

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