I have multiple tags for both Incrediball and Annabelle..to be honest I don't really know exactly where which ones are planted..my favorite white arborescens is White Dome..I think the more delicate lacecap bloom is prettier..

I’ll keep a lookout for WhiteDome. I just cut a bunch of blooms to bring in the house-wish i were more talented at arranging them!

oursteelers..I don't cut mine..when I make bouquets my husband says they make him sneeze..I'm sure your arrangements are pretty :-)

I have both, and the Incrediball blooms are a bit larger for me. But both get droopy after a hard rain, boo hoo.

Nope. Can’t tell the difference !

the flowerheads on Incrediball look bigger to me..

nichols, I agree, but together I don’t see a lot different ..again this after a lot of rain

hyed..they're so similar that I don't prefer one over the other..I like both equally..

My (labled) Annabelle that was planted last summer seems to have (some) larger than expected blooms this season. It was sort of a runt when I bought it but got it for a reduced price. The deer nipped a couple off so there might have been more than this.

Nice blooms. Are they recently opened for you in MN?

They started a couple of weeks ago. We had a late spring but beautiful growing weather since May. Over an inch of slow rain last Sunday.

A friend of mine took this photo at Mt. Cuba, about a month ago, just after a heavy rain. Annabelle is on the left and Incrediball is on the right. Full disclosure, I am the breeder of Incrediball, but I have seen them side by side in other gardens looking just like this. My experience is that you have to give all Hydrangea arborescens plants a few years to mature before judging them. https://twitter.com/NewPlants/status/1160971758008262656

Here is 2yr old Annabelle could pass for a Incrediball