Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA4' was developed (2017, pp28280) by Dr. Thomas G. Ranney of North Carolina State University and Spring Meadow Nursery, Grand Haven, Michigan. Marketed as the INCREDIBALL® series of hydrangeas. Large ball shaped flowers on stout (new wood) stems. Pale pink buds followed by blush pink flowers that darken to a deep pink. Flowers age to a light green. Basically, a pink version of Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0

Wacky Crafts- Incrediballs

Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University

I bought two Incrediballs which after 3 years of planting grew into a mini-hedge display of incrediball white snowballs in summer. however the one to the left had a really “off year” while its sibling thrived. This is a common question I get…why do two indentical plants grow so differently. I pruned this one harder and discovered last year that it had split into two plants. There are clearly two crowns and two shapes. It is beginning to look better but it has not matched its sibling to the right.

Hosta 'Maggie May' Y1,13

Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'

Thuja occidentalis 'Mossy'

Hydrangea paniculata 'BOBO'

Philadelphus 'Snow Dwarf'

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy'

Thuja occidentalis 'Amber Glow'

Chrysanthemum koreana 'Mei Kyo'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'

Abies fraseri 'Klein’s Nest'

Hydrangea arborescens 'INCREDIBALL BLUSH'