Incrediball Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo') - white flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Incrediball Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo'

Also called incrediball

Incrediball Hydrangea blooms from June through August.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Aug
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Hardiness
Zones 3–9
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
4.5 ft × 4.5 ft
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Type
Shrub
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Incrediball Hydrangea

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–9. Expect it to reach about 4.5 ft tall and 4.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).

Verification
What was checked

Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

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When to plant Incrediball Hydrangea

Plant Incrediball Hydrangea in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to August.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Incrediball Hydrangea get?

Illustration of Incrediball Hydrangea drawn to scale beside an adult4.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult4.5 ftwide
About 4.5 ft tall and 4.5 ft wide at maturity: shoulder-high beside an adult.

See Incrediball Hydrangea in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Incrediball Hydrangea

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Incrediball Hydrangea about 4.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
4.5 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
one needs about 20 sq ft
4 by 8 ft bed
about 1

Add Incrediball Hydrangea to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Incrediball Hydrangea's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

  • Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
  • Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
  • Proven Winnersthe introducer's ColorChoice brandheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
  • plants.thegrowingplace.comThe Growing Place (NetPS Plant Finder, one syndicated voice)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
  • US plant patent (Google Patents)Google Patents; inventor Timothy D. Wood, assignee Spring Meadow Nurse...height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, diseases and pests
  • Chicago Botanic Gardenarchived entryheight, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
  • Mt. Cuba CenterWild Hydrangea for the Mid-Atlantic trialheight, spread, sun and bloom months and color
  • NC State Extensiontrait tags and toxicity
  • ASPCAAnimal Poison Controltoxicity

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

Good to know about Incrediball Hydrangea

Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.

Safety

Toxic to dogs, cats and horses; the leaves and buds hold a cyanogenic glycoside. Eating it mostly causes vomiting and diarrhea. per ASPCA

The Hydrangeas group

One of 23 in the Hydrangeas group. Same genus, similar care.

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