Hydrangea arborescens
Habit | shrub
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Origin: | ✈ | E North America |
Bloom: | ❀ | mid summer, late summer, early fall |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun, shade |
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Water: | ◍ | moderate, dry |
Features: | ✓ | deciduous, bees, cut flowers, butterflys, drought tolerant |
USDA Zones: | 3 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | pink, white |
Hydrangea arborescens, commonly known as Wild Hydrangea or Smooth Hydrangea, is a species of Hydrangea native to eastern North America.
Read about Hydrangea arborescens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Hydrangea arborescens, Linn. (H. urticifolia, Hort.). Erect shrub, 4-10 ft.: lvs. long-petioled, ovate, acute or acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, serrate, green and glabrous on both sides or somewhat pubescent or glaucous beneath, 3-6 in. long: cymes 2-5 in. broad, with none or few sterile fls. June, July. N. J. to Iowa, south to Fla. and Mo.
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Read about Hydrangea arborescens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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syn. Viburnum americanum, Mill. (V. Opulus var. americanum, Ait. V. trilobum, Marsh. V. opuloides, Muhl. V. edule, Pursh. V. Oxycoccus, Pursh). Cranberry Bush. High Cranberry. Closely allied to the preceding species, but habit more open and spreading: lvs. with coarsely toothed or nearly entire lobes, pilose on the veins beneath or nearly glabrous, 2-5 in. long; petiole with shallow groove and small, usually stalked glands: cymes with shorter peduncles; stamens somewhat shorter. May, June: fr. in Aug., Sept. New Bruns. to Brit. Col., south to N. J. and Ore.—Handsome native shrub, very decorative in fr., which begins to color by the end of July, remains on the branches and keeps its bright scarlet color until the following spring. The berries are not eaten by birds.
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Cultivars
- The cultivar 'Annabelle' is the best known of this species. It is noted for having very large inflorescens (flower heads)that emerge green turn white and then age to green. The blooms are so large and heavy they often flop to the ground after a rain.
- The cultivar ‘Grandiflora’ has flowers that resemble snowballs, similar to Viburnum plicatum. The blooms are not as large as 'Annabelle' and are typically more irregular or lumpy.
- The cultivar ‘Hayes Starburst’ is a small, weeaked stemed plant with attractive, fully doubled tepals (sterile flowers).
- The cultivar ‘NCAH1’ (syn INVINCIBELLETM Spirit) is the first 'Annabelle' type hydrangea with bright pink flowers. Like the species it is cold hardy, heat tolerant and relaible flowering. The mature stems are stronger than 'Annabelle' and are less likely to flop. This cultivar is also unique in that it continues to produce new flowers after the initial bloom.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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