Common Name: Glossy Abelia
Scientific Name: Abelia x grandiflora
Type of Plant: Shrub
Description: Abelia × grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) is a medium-sized, rounded, semi-evergreen shrub with gracefully arching branches, densely clothed with small glossy oval, dark green leaves and clusters of pink-tinged, white, bell-shaped flowers. Slightly fragrant, the blooms are produced continuously cover a long period extending from late spring to fall. The foliage turn purplish-bronze in the fall.
Mature Size: Grows up to 3-6 ft. tall and wide (90-180 cm).
Blooms: Late Spring through Fall
Fruit: No
Climate Requirements: A full sun or part shade lover, this plant is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Best flower production in full sun. Provide a sheltered location to help prevent hard freeze damage.
Care Requirements: Low maintenance, this plant is generally pest and disease free. Deer resistant. Blooms on new wood, so prune as needed in late winter to early spring. May need hard pruning every 3 to 4 years.
Spacing: Space plants 72″ apart
Water Needs: Average
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Butterflies
Special Uses/Attributes: Perfect as a specimen plant or in small groupings, as an informal hedge, in shrub borders, or wallside borders.
Florida Native: No