{"id":15550,"date":"2023-08-10T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/hydrangea_arborescens_annabelle_tree_hydrangea_annabelle\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:51:19","slug":"hydrangeaarborescensannabelle","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/hydrangeaarborescensannabelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ – tree hydrangea ’Annabelle’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The North American species H<\/em>. arborescens <\/em>is not particularly attractive and is usually seen only in scientific collections. However, the various forms and named varieties which have been developed from the species, the so-called ball hydrangeas, have long been grown in Finland.<\/p>\n

The best-known of these varieties, \u2019Grandifolia\u2019, was found in the wild in Ohio in the year 1900; it has ball-shaped double blossoms about 10-18 cm in diameter. \u2018Annabelle\u2019 is another variety of wild origin, having been found near a town in the state of Illinois called Anna. This variety has showy inflorescences which can be over 20 cm in diameter.<\/p>\n

These ball-hydrangeas are generally considered rather winter-tender. At Mustila, they grow more or less as perennials, the tops freezing each winter. This is not a problem regarding flowering since the flowers form on the new growth each year. In gardens and parks hydrangeas are usually cut down to ground level every year. A reasonable number of branches guarantees large blossoms.<\/p>\n

The naming of these various tree hydrangea varieties has become rather confused though \u2018Annabelle\u2019, with its enormous blossoms, is usually easily distinguishable.<\/p>\n