Native Shrub (Hydrangeaceae family) / June, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2009 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.

Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)

Cornelia, GA (Cornelia City Park Nature Trail)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina side). This photo shows a number of larger sterile flowers, which are often absent.

Smooth Hydrangea at a roadside park east of Ava, Douglas Co., MO, 080724. Hydrangea arborescens. Asterids: Cornales: Hydrangeaceae. AKA (hortensia)

Smooth Hydrangea at a roadside park east of Ava, Douglas Co., MO, 080724. Hydrangea arborescens. Asterids: Cornales: Hydrangeaceae. AKA (hortensia)

Wood Violet colonises too freely - this one is so tenacious and brave we've spared it

'Hayes Starburst'

Hydrangea bloom, Hydrangea arborescens, 'Annabelle'

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Back up to Persimmon Ridge Road in Greenville County, South Carolina. It seems that there is always something in bloom during the non-winter seasons. Today, we found more Asclepias tuberosus (Milkweed). In addition, we found a large population of Hydrangea arborescens (Wild Hydrangea). What appears to be flowers along the outside edges are actually sterile flowers. Those smaller flowers toward the center of the inflorescence are the ones that the bees are interested in. It is a very showy native plant...

Big Springs Natural Area, Ozark National Scenic Waterways, Shannon County, Missouri.

Annabelle. Came with the house.

Hydrangea arborescens.

Starting to get heavy...she'll really droop soon if I don't get out there and put in some stakes.

It was pissing dogs and cats and other critters so I stayed in to de-colour the pictures.

What we call a hydrangea flower is actually a flowerhead (or panicle) containing many small flowers. By switching over to B&W, and increase the contrast a touch, I was able to make the fine veins on the tepals more noticeable and lift the whole panicle out of the relative busy background.

Other photos in this B&W series about hydrangea flowers are here and here; the one that is monochromatic but not B&W is here.

The inimitable "Annabelle" hydrangea arborescens.

White Oak Canyon, Shenandoah National Park

NOID lacecap Hydrangea arborescens.

My 4 of these arrived mislabeled in 2010...I think they've finally grown on me though. Very delicate and pretty and they don't get weighed down like Annabelle.

Wild Hydrangea

This miniature world is growing successfully on a pot foot. We are too concerned with small worlds to disturb them

Hydrangea arborescens, or Wild Hydrangea, is quite an useful plant for gardeners in a harsh climate. Being native to the North East region of the continent America, it can survive the -40°Celsius winter and come back strong the next year to be one of the few flowering plants during the 30°Celsius days of July and August.

Hydrangea bloom, Hydrangea arborescens, 'Annabelle'

with Mosaic Maker

The inimitable "Annabelle" hydrangea arborescens.

'Total Eclipse' cultivar

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY (April 27, 2013)

Smooth Hydrangea at a roadside park east of Ava, Douglas Co., MO, 080724. Hydrangea arborescens. Asterids: Cornales: Hydrangeaceae. AKA (hortensia)

The stars and their shadow.

My Annabelle is a mommy!

I ground layered 4 "canes" last year...3 are showing basal growth at what would be a new plant's baby root system.

1 I am not sure of...but 3/4 is pretty good!

2011.07. Bellevue July

Arisema seeds freely where there is half shade - some survive if the location is otherwise bare - background left of steps is a mass of Kangaroo fern and Campanula sp.

This plant had the most wonderful scent, anyone know what it is? I'm guessing it's some wild relative of a hydrangea

"Invincibelle Spirit" hydrangea.

Typocerus deceptus + mordellid on Hydrangea arborescens

Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens). Currahee Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest, Stephens County, Georgia. 15-Jun-2024.