Glossy Abelia

Abelia X grandiflora
(a-BEEL-yuh gran-di-FLOR-uh)
Glossy Abelia
DROUGHT : ✺✺✺

RECOMMENDATION: ★★★★
HEIGHT: 3' - 8'

SPREAD: 4' - 8'
FORM: Mound
GROWTH RATE: Rapid
CHARACTER: Half Deciduous, Woody
LEAF: Color Glossy Dark Green
Texture Medium Density Medium
Fall Color Red Tinge
FLOWER: Color White to Pink
Time Spring - Fall
FRUIT: Color Insignificant
Time Summer - Fall

LANDSCAPE VALUE: Accent X Background Barrier Border X Bonsai Climber
Container Erosion Control X Espalier Fall Color Fire Retardant Foreground X
Foundation X Flowers X Fruit Ground Cover Hedges X Lawn Substitute Lawn Tree
Low Maintenance Mass X Multi-Trunk Poolside Rockery X Rapid Growth
Screen Shade Standard Street Tree Topiary Tropical Effect Xeriscape X
Windbreak Other Foliage
ENVIRONMENT: Sun X 1/2 Shade X Shade Wind Heat Dust Aridity X
Moisture X Humidity X Smog Saline Alkaline Soil Coastal Other
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Temperature Tolerance 0 F
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Cut off long growth at base of plant.
PESTS AND DISEASES: scale, whitefly
REMARKS: Not tolerant of reflective heat or wind.