Plant: Edward Goucher - Abelia
Abelia · Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A 1911 hybrid shrub in the honeysuckle family with an arching, upright habit, reaching about 2 to 3 feet tall in most gardens and 4 to 5 feet in warm regions. Clusters of five petaled, funnel shaped pink to lavender flowers with red sepals and orange to yellow throats appear from summer through fall above glossy green ovate leaves that shift to gold, purple and copper tones in cool weather. It grows in full sun to partial shade on well drained clay, loam or sandy soil of acid to neutral pH, and NCSU records no significant problems along with resistance to deer, disease and insect pests. Use it as an accent, a low hedge, a border shrub or a specimen on a patio.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A 1911 hybrid shrub in the honeysuckle family with an arching, upright habit, reaching about 2 to 3 feet tall in most gardens and 4 to 5 feet in warm regions. Clusters of five petaled, funnel shaped pink to lavender flowers with red sepals and orange to yellow throats appear from summer through fall above glossy green ovate leaves that shift to gold, purple and copper tones in cool weather. It grows in full sun to partial shade on well drained clay, loam or sandy soil of acid to neutral pH, and NCSU records no significant problems along with resistance to deer, disease and insect pests. Use it as an accent, a low hedge, a border shrub or a specimen on a patio.
- Flowers
- Summer through fall clusters of pink to lavender five petaled funnel shaped flowers with red sepals and orange to yellow throats.
- Foliage
- Glossy green ovate leaves are about 1.25 inches long with entire to dentate margins and a bumpy surface.
