Do the blooms kind of remind you of a turtle? If so, you don't have Annabelle...sorry

Annabelle really should be bought in bloom or from a reputable nursery that will stand behind their stock, as Annabelle is often mislabeled (learned this lesson the hard way...)

Yes, sorta like a turtle but only the four legs, no head. Or as I said it resembles a cramberry blossom except the cranberry has more of those litle blooms around the outside of center and it is a flat bloom. Yes, these people were very reputable but I haven't approached them with this as they are 200 miles away from me.

posieh - you must have the wild type annabelle..check out the pics in this link..

http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/annabelle.html

a turtle with four legs and no head, pretty good and fit description...

there isn't much you can do, if you dont like the turtles, you have to replace it with a real annabelle..you probably could fine some with spent blooms on it, and may even sell at a good discount for this time of the yr...