Here are a few links to a new Annabelle variant from Bailey Nurseries (wholeseller) as an Endless Summer Offering. Wilkerson Mill is one retailer that will carry it in Spring 2011.
http://www.endlesssummerblooms.com/en/retail
http://www.plantintroductions.com/hydrangeabellaanna.html
http://www.hydrangea.com/Directions.php
I also recently read about some European cultivars being brought to the States as well as these new introductions:
* Little Lime: a smaller Limelight (seems to be available in many retailers if you do a find on hydrangea little lime)
http://knox.villagesoup.com/business/brief/home-garden/another-great-new-hydrangea-for-2011/372205
I also recently read about some European cultivars being brought to the States as well as these new introductions:
* Little Lime: a smaller Limelight
http://knox.villagesoup.com/business/brief/home-garden/another-great-new-hydrangea-for-2011/372205
* Le Vasterival (Great Star): a paniculata whose blooms tend not to fall down as much
http://knox.villagesoup.com/business/brief/home-garden/hydrangea-great-star-new-for-2011/372013
* From the US National Arboretum, these two hardy (Zone 5) oakleafs dwarfs
http://www.usna.usda.gov/hydrangea.html
Ruby Slippers: deep rose dwarf 3.5' by 5' is a cross between Pee Wee and Snow Queen
Munchkin: medium rose dwarf, 3' by 4.5', its parent is Sikes Dwarf: a paniculata whose blooms tend not to fall down as much
http://knox.villagesoup.com/business/brief/home-garden/hydrangea-great-star-new-for-2011/372013
* From the US National Arboretum, these two hardy (Zone 5) oakleafs dwarfs:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/hydrangea.html
Ruby Slippers: deep rose dwarf 3.5' by 5' is a cross between Pee Wee and Snow Queen
Munchkin: medium rose dwarf, 3' by 4.5', its parent is Sikes Dwarf
2011 Hydrangeas
Looks like 'Ruby Slippers' will go on my eternal list. Thanks, Luis.
My eternal list is probably 4 pages long. My available planting space is a problem so all of the sudden I am interested in all these dwarf varieties. My new trees just do not want to grow overnight (a good thing of course). Lord oh Lord! Hee hee hee!
The "Bella Anna" looks very much like the color and form (with slightly different leaf shape/size) of my "wild" hydrangeas. Hope the Bella isn't as vigorous as the wild ones.