Abelia x grandiflora

• BOTANICAL NAME: Abelia x grandiflora
• PRONUNCIATION:
  a-BEE-lee-a  gran-di-FLOR-a
• COMMON NAME: Glossy Abelia
• FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Hybrid cross developed in Italy.
• GROWTH HABIT: Multi-stemmed, dense deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub with arching branches.  Fast growing once established.  Easy to grow.
• SIZE: 3 - 6'
• HARDINESS: Zone 6 - 9.
• CULTURE: Acid, well-drained moist soil.  Full sun to part shade.
• LANDSCAPE USE: hedge Good as a hedge or as a foundation planting.  Bronze leaf color in fall/winter. 
• FOLIAGE: (whorled) fall color  Opposite, shiny and dark green.  Small 1" long and 1/2" wide
• BUDS: Small with two pairs of scales.
• BARK: Reddish on newer wood.  Older wood peels in strings.
• FLOWER:  Tubular white blooms with red sepals, over a prolonged period beginning in summer.
• FRUIT: Not significant.
• PROPAGATION: Cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
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