Hydrangea arborescens 'Incrediball'

Super-sized flowers! Incrediball hydrangea will make you say WOW - it's an improved version of the garden classic 'Annabelle' hydrangea, but with strong, sturdy stems that don't flop over and extra-large blooms to boot. White flowers begin to appear in mid-summer and open to enormous snowballs, nearly the size of basketballs! They then age to a lush jade green, which persists through frost. It's a super easy, super reliable North American native that grows in chilly USDA zone 3 all the way up to USDA zone 8/9. Plant Incrediball hydrangea in your landscape and find out for yourself just how big, beautiful, and rewarding it can be. Top reasons to grow Incrediball hydrangea: - enormous, long-lasting flowers every summer - Strong, sturdy stems keeps blooms showy and upright - easy to grow native shrub Additional Information Plant Type: Shrub Shrub Type: Deciduous Exposure: Part to Full Sun Deer Resistant: No Mature Height: 4-5 Feet Mature Width: 4 Feet Hardiness Zone: Zone 3-9 Bloom Time: Summer Boom On: New Wood Flower Colors: White Habit: Mounding Water Needs: Average. In full sun may need additional water in the Summer Maintenance: Easy Pruning Time: Late Winter Additional attribute: Cut Flower Dried Flower Native to North America Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Mass Planting, Specimen Maintenance Notes:  For the biggest, most abundant blooms and strongest stems, plant where it gets at least six hours of sun each day (warmer climates can get away with a bit less). A good layer of shredded bark mulch helps minimize water loss. As for pruning, cut the entire plant back by about one-third its total height each spring, just as the new growth begins to emerge on stems. This serves to build up a strong, supportive, woody base while also encouraging abundant new growth for plenty of flowers.  If you wish to fertilize, an application of a rose fertilizer in early spring, once the soil has thawed, is sufficient.