Hydrangea arborescens, commonly known as smooth hydrangea, wild hydrangea, or sevenbark, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae. It is a small- to medium-sized, deciduous shrub up to 3 m (10 ft) tall that is native to the eastern United States.

Smooth hydrangea is widely distributed across the eastern United States—from southern New York to the panhandle of Florida, west to eastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. It is mainly found in moist soils under a hardwood forest canopy and is often common along woodland road banks and streams.It is common in the Delaware River Valley and in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Lush flowers top the big green bush: The hydrangea arborescens Annabelle does credit to its name and forms impressive white flower heads that remind of snowballs. It is home to many gardens as an attractive decorative plant. The right care ensures that you can enjoy these perennial plants for many years. You can read in the care instructions how the hydrangea arborescens Annabelle flourishes best.

Plant Profile

    Plant family:  Hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae)
    Plant species: Hydrangea arborescens
    Plant genus:   Hydrangea
    Common names:  smooth hydrangea, wild hydrangea, sevenbark
    Origin:        North America
    perennial plant
    bush with thick, wide growth
    Growth height: 40 cm to 2 m
    big, white inflorescence with a diameter of 15 to 30 cm
    blooming period from July until September
    sterile decorative flowers
    summer green, opposite and elongated leafs

The hydrangea arborescens Annabelle enriches every garden and park with its big white flowers which last long and shoot in a great number from the bush. On the juicy green, oval leafs they demonstrate a particularly good effect.

The hydrangea arborescens grows strongly upward and wide. It is popular as a decorative plant as well as a summery hedge plant. The care instructions reveal what you have to pay attention to with regards to care, planting and reproduction so that you can care for the decorative garden plant in the best way possible.

The flowers of the perennial hydrangea decorate the plant for several months. They change from a tender light green in spring to a crème-white. Also withered inflorescences still look beautiful and do not need to be cut off. The cultivated hydrangea arborescens Annabelle shows considerably bigger and more remarkable inflorescences than its wildly growing relative wild hydrangea.

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