Annabelle Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ · a white smooth hydrangea
A tough native hydrangea with huge, rounded heads of white flowers from early summer, fading to tan for winter interest. It blooms on new wood, so even a winter that kills it to the ground doesn't cost the flowers, and it tolerates shade: a fine specimen, mass planting or low hedge. Keep the soil moist.
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- Mature size
- 4 × 4 ft
- 1.2 × 1.2 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- Jun–Aug
Annabelle Hydrangea at its mature size
A mature Annabelle Hydrangea grows 3 to 5 feet tall and just as wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: The Tree Center, The Morton Arboretum, Cornell Woody Plants.
Through the year
What Annabelle Hydrangea looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Dec–May
Bare pale stems, cut low in spring.
In leaf · Jun–Sep
Huge round white snowball flower heads over green leaves.
Fall · Oct–Nov
Flower heads dried tan, leaves yellowing.
Photos
Growing Annabelle Hydrangea
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Small space, foundation planting, specimen, shade garden, rain garden, pollinators, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- Eastern United States
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Annabelle Hydrangea, that’s about 4 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Annabelle Hydrangea in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hydrangeas
Annabelle Hydrangea
Endless Summer Hydrangea
Hydrangea
Little Lime HydrangeaAll drawn to the same scale.