The distorted octahedral high-spin cobalt(II) coordinated by both coordinated mono- and bidentate ionized HOazbt ligands, is featuring a two-dimensional (6, 4) honey-comb-like coordination polymer. The 2D hexagonal layers are interconnected with a strong O–HO (8) second-level hydrogen bonding ring motif in the a-direction. A new free-ligand polymorph is found, and its 3D has been structure determined. H-bonding interactions in the three polymorphs are discussed using the DFT/MP2 and Hirshfeld surface calculations.