Hydrangea arborescens

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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names



Read about Hydrangea arborescens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Viburnum americanum, Mill. (V. Opulus var. americanum, Ait. V. trilobum, Marsh. V. opuloides, Muhl. V. edule, Pursh. V. Oxycoccus, Pursh). Cranberry Bush. High Cranberry. Fig. 3928. 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. B.B. (ed. 2) 3:270 (as V. Opulus). 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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Hydrangea arborescens
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea
Species: H. arborescens

Binomial name
Hydrangea arborescens
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Hydrangea arborescens, commonly known as Wild Hydrangea or Smooth Hydrangea, is a species of Hydrangea native to eastern North America.

Cultivation

The cultivar 'Annabelle' is the best known of this species. It is one of the most cold hardy of Hydrangeas. The cultivar ‘Grandiflora’ has flowers that resemble snowballs, similar to Viburnum plicatum.

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