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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Hydrangea arborescens''
| image = Hydrangea arborescens.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cornales]]
| familia = [[Hydrangeaceae]]
| genus = [[Hydrangea]]
| species = '''''H. arborescens'''''
| binomial = ''Hydrangea arborescens''
| binomial_authority = L
}}

'''''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''.

<gallery>
Image:Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora' Flowers 2606px.jpg|Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea "Grandiflora"
Image:Wild hydrangea var annabelle.jpg|Wild Hydrangea v. Annabelle</br>''Hydrangea arborescens''
Image:Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens).jpg|Flowers of Smooth Hydrangea
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/annabelle.html Information on cultivar Annabelle]
*[http://www.cirrusimage.com/flower_wild_hydrangea.htm ''Hydrangea arborescens''] Large-format diagnostic photos and information
*[http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2007/07/hydrangea-thoug.html Hydrangea Thoughts I] - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Hydrangea (Culture, History and Etymology).

[[Category:Medicinal plants]]

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