Plant: Abelia Grandiflora
Abelia · Abelia x grandiflora
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A medium sized, rounded, dense, multi stemmed hybrid shrub with fine textured, glossy dark green leaves that take on purple and red tones in fall. Small funnel to bell shaped white and pink fragrant flowers are borne in cymes from late spring through fall, with reddish calyces that persist after the petals drop, and they draw bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. It is hardy, drought tolerant and easy to grow in full sun to partial shade on any well drained soil across a wide pH range, and once established it needs very little maintenance. Use it as an informal hedge, a border or foundation shrub, a mass planting on a slope, or in a container. It is intolerant of salty soil and can suffer winter dieback in colder zones.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A medium sized, rounded, dense, multi stemmed hybrid shrub with fine textured, glossy dark green leaves that take on purple and red tones in fall. Small funnel to bell shaped white and pink fragrant flowers are borne in cymes from late spring through fall, with reddish calyces that persist after the petals drop, and they draw bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. It is hardy, drought tolerant and easy to grow in full sun to partial shade on any well drained soil across a wide pH range, and once established it needs very little maintenance. Use it as an informal hedge, a border or foundation shrub, a mass planting on a slope, or in a container. It is intolerant of salty soil and can suffer winter dieback in colder zones.
- Flowers
- Funnel shaped flowers are white to pink, carried in cymes from late spring through fall, with persistent reddish calyces.
- Foliage
- Simple, ovate, glossy dark green leaves with reticulate venation.
- Fruit
- Inconspicuous, oval, less than 1/2 inch long and leathery.
- Bark & stems
- Stems are thin and brittle, pale gray to reddish purple, and the bark exfoliates in thin splits.
