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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hydrangeas aren’t native and can be invasive. Please consider planting something that actually belongs here. Bay Berry is a good alternative. [/quote]

Some hydrangeas are native, including hydrangea arborescens.  Annabelle hydrangea is just a cultivar that someone found on a hike 100 years ago.  It's not as attractive for pollinators as most straight species hydrangea arborescens, because the big flower blooms are not as attractive to them as the smaller fertile florets, of which there are few because all the stems have flowers.

Non-native hydrangeas are not invasive for basically the same reason.  The varieties that are sold commercially have big flower caps that crowd out the fertile parts, so they just can't spread by seed very effectively.

I like native plants, I support using native plants where it makes sense.  Someone who is optimizing for pollinator activity might want to choose something other than Annabelle.  But you just look like a zealot when you transparently don't know what you're talking about.[/quote]

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