Plant: Rose Creek - Abelia
Abelia · Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A compact, low growing selection from the University of Georgia, evergreen to semi evergreen, forming a dense mounded shrub 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide on reddish stems. Leaves emerge with a pinkish cast, turn lustrous dark green through summer and take on purple tones in fall, and half inch white mildly fragrant tubular flowers appear in clusters from spring through fall for butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. It grows in full sun to partial shade on well drained clay, loam or sandy soil of acid to neutral pH and tolerates drought, heat, salt and pollution. NCSU records no significant problems. Use it for foundations, borders, slopes and small spaces.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A compact, low growing selection from the University of Georgia, evergreen to semi evergreen, forming a dense mounded shrub 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide on reddish stems. Leaves emerge with a pinkish cast, turn lustrous dark green through summer and take on purple tones in fall, and half inch white mildly fragrant tubular flowers appear in clusters from spring through fall for butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. It grows in full sun to partial shade on well drained clay, loam or sandy soil of acid to neutral pH and tolerates drought, heat, salt and pollution. NCSU records no significant problems. Use it for foundations, borders, slopes and small spaces.
- Flowers
- Half inch white mildly fragrant tubular flowers appear in clusters from spring through fall.
- Foliage
- Leaves emerge in spring with a pinkish cast, turn a lustrous dark green in summer, and become purple and green in fall.
