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Abelia (Abelia)
It is a deciduous or semievergreen multistemmed shrub with rounded, spreading, or gracefully arching branches to 1 to 1.8 m tall. The leaves are ovate, glossy, dark green, and 2 to 6 cm long. The flowers are produced in clusters, white, tinged pink, bell-shaped, to 2 cm long. Unlike most flowering shrubs in cultivation, the species blooms from late summer to well into the autumn. 
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Abelia
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Attributes of Abelia
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Trivia and Interesting Facts
It is said that there was an evil dragon on a mountain, which was difficult to tame and was a danger to the people. At the foot of the mountain were six men who were enlightened by a sage and so they dug up some small trees that could subdue the dragon, and they succeeded! This small plant is the abelia.
Scientific Classification of Abelia
Distribution of Abelia
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Distribution Map of Abelia
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Abelia
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Abelia is a versatile flowering shrub known for its low-maintenance profile and resilience. Basic care needs involve placing abelia in full sun to partial shade, ensuring well-drained soil with moderate moisture, and maintaining a temperature range that can tolerate mild frosts. Common challenges include occasional infestations of aphids and spider mites, as well as potential issues with leaf spots or wilt in overly damp conditions. Seasonally, abelia requires pruning in late winter or early spring to shape and encourage new growth, less frequent watering during the dormant winter months, and protection from harsh winter winds in colder climates.
How to Water Abelia?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Abelia?
How to Propagate Abelia?
How to Plant Abelia?
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8 most common species：
Chinese abelia
Chinese abelia (Abelia chinensis) is a deciduous shrub that will grow from 1.5 to 2.5 m tall. It blooms from summer to fall with fragrant showy white tubular flowers that attract butterflies. Thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers acidic moist well-drained soil. It is native to China.
Glossy abelia
The Abelia uniflora shrub was first described in 1829 by Nathaniel Wallich. It is a deciduous plant that blooms from spring to early summer with clusters of purplish to white flowers. It’s commonly found at elevations of 2000 m above sea level.
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
The abelia 'Edward Goucher' has lilac-pink flowers with copper-colored leaf bases, distinguishing it from others of the species. It was cultivated from Abelia × Grandiflora and named in honor of English naturalist Edward Goucher. Horticulturalists are fond of this easy-to-grow and low-maintenance deciduous shrub and often use it as a good informal hedge.
'Radiance' Glossy abelia
'Radiance' Glossy abelia is a member of the Honeysuckle family and a cultivar of the Glossy Abelia. It has surprisingly bright, radiantly crimson stems that differ from the more subdued stem color of the parent plant. This semi-evergreen shrub is dense, and grows into a more compact shape than its parent. Gardeners like this cultivar as it has attractive two-colored olive and cream leaves that appear in fall.
Abelia × grandiflora 'Hopleys'
Abelia × grandiflora 'Hopleys' is an abelia known also as ‘glossy abelia’ because of its incredibly shiny green and yellow foliage. It is sometimes sold as ‘Miss Lemon’ or ‘Twist of Lime’ for this reason. It is a compact and low-maintenance abelia cultivar that blooms in scented, lavender-colored flowers in midsummer, adding color and texture to a garden.
Glossy abelia
Glossy abelia is an ornamental hybrid of *Linnaea chinensis* and *Linnaea uniflora*. The name 'Abelia × grandiflora' means 'large flowered' in Latin, which is rather ironic since this plant has abundant white flowers, but they are quite small. Its dense growth makes it a popular hedge, but it has enough appeal to be grown as a specimen shrub.
Kaleidoscope glossy abelia
Kaleidoscope glossy abelia (Abelia × grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope') is a colorful variant of another cultivar, Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard,' which itself comes from an Abelia chinensis and Abelia uniflora cross. Kaleidoscope glossy abelia is dense and compact and, as its name suggests, changes colors with the seasons. It has red stems that give way to green and yellow foliage that turns gold with the summer months and then red and orange with fall.
Abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason'
The abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason' is a wide-habit evergreen shrub reaching 91 to 183 cm both in height and width. It has broad leaves of a distinctive yellow-green with copper overtones, and dark copper stems. It overflows with white flowers from summer to fall. This cultivar originated in the Mason nurseries in New Zealand, from which it gained its name.
All Species of Abelia
Chinese abelia
Chinese abelia
Chinese abelia (Abelia chinensis) is a deciduous shrub that will grow from 1.5 to 2.5 m tall. It blooms from summer to fall with fragrant showy white tubular flowers that attract butterflies. Thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers acidic moist well-drained soil. It is native to China.
Glossy abelia
Glossy abelia
The Abelia uniflora shrub was first described in 1829 by Nathaniel Wallich. It is a deciduous plant that blooms from spring to early summer with clusters of purplish to white flowers. It’s commonly found at elevations of 2000 m above sea level.
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
The abelia 'Edward Goucher' has lilac-pink flowers with copper-colored leaf bases, distinguishing it from others of the species. It was cultivated from Abelia × Grandiflora and named in honor of English naturalist Edward Goucher. Horticulturalists are fond of this easy-to-grow and low-maintenance deciduous shrub and often use it as a good informal hedge.
'Radiance' Glossy abelia
'Radiance' Glossy abelia
'Radiance' Glossy abelia is a member of the Honeysuckle family and a cultivar of the Glossy Abelia. It has surprisingly bright, radiantly crimson stems that differ from the more subdued stem color of the parent plant. This semi-evergreen shrub is dense, and grows into a more compact shape than its parent. Gardeners like this cultivar as it has attractive two-colored olive and cream leaves that appear in fall.
Abelia × grandiflora 'Hopleys'
Abelia × grandiflora 'Hopleys'
Abelia × grandiflora 'Hopleys' is an abelia known also as ‘glossy abelia’ because of its incredibly shiny green and yellow foliage. It is sometimes sold as ‘Miss Lemon’ or ‘Twist of Lime’ for this reason. It is a compact and low-maintenance abelia cultivar that blooms in scented, lavender-colored flowers in midsummer, adding color and texture to a garden.
Glossy abelia
Glossy abelia
Glossy abelia is an ornamental hybrid of *Linnaea chinensis* and *Linnaea uniflora*. The name 'Abelia × grandiflora' means 'large flowered' in Latin, which is rather ironic since this plant has abundant white flowers, but they are quite small. Its dense growth makes it a popular hedge, but it has enough appeal to be grown as a specimen shrub.
Kaleidoscope glossy abelia
Kaleidoscope glossy abelia
Kaleidoscope glossy abelia (Abelia × grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope') is a colorful variant of another cultivar, Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard,' which itself comes from an Abelia chinensis and Abelia uniflora cross. Kaleidoscope glossy abelia is dense and compact and, as its name suggests, changes colors with the seasons. It has red stems that give way to green and yellow foliage that turns gold with the summer months and then red and orange with fall.
Abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason'
Abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason'
The abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason' is a wide-habit evergreen shrub reaching 91 to 183 cm both in height and width. It has broad leaves of a distinctive yellow-green with copper overtones, and dark copper stems. It overflows with white flowers from summer to fall. This cultivar originated in the Mason nurseries in New Zealand, from which it gained its name.
Abelia × grandiflora 'Mardi Gras'
Abelia × grandiflora 'Mardi Gras'
Boasting a 'Mardi Gras' of colors, this standout hybrid cultivar of Abelia and Grandiflora, Abelia × grandiflora 'Mardi Gras', is far brighter than its green-leafed, white-flowered parent. The plant has white flowers similar to its parent, but its leaves are a striking mix of two-time green and beige with rosy red new leaves.
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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Abelia
Abelia
It is a deciduous or semievergreen multistemmed shrub with rounded, spreading, or gracefully arching branches to 1 to 1.8 m tall. The leaves are ovate, glossy, dark green, and 2 to 6 cm long. The flowers are produced in clusters, white, tinged pink, bell-shaped, to 2 cm long. Unlike most flowering shrubs in cultivation, the species blooms from late summer to well into the autumn.
Lifespan
Perennial
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Key Facts About Abelia
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Attributes of Abelia
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Trivia and Interesting Facts
It is said that there was an evil dragon on a mountain, which was difficult to tame and was a danger to the people. At the foot of the mountain were six men who were enlightened by a sage and so they dug up some small trees that could subdue the dragon, and they succeeded! This small plant is the abelia.
Scientific Classification of Abelia
Distribution of Abelia
Feedback
Distribution Map of Abelia
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Abelia
Feedback
Abelia is a versatile flowering shrub known for its low-maintenance profile and resilience. Basic care needs involve placing abelia in full sun to partial shade, ensuring well-drained soil with moderate moisture, and maintaining a temperature range that can tolerate mild frosts. Common challenges include occasional infestations of aphids and spider mites, as well as potential issues with leaf spots or wilt in overly damp conditions. Seasonally, abelia requires pruning in late winter or early spring to shape and encourage new growth, less frequent watering during the dormant winter months, and protection from harsh winter winds in colder climates.
How to Water Abelia?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Abelia?
How to Propagate Abelia?
How to Plant Abelia?
Exploring the Abelia Plants
Feedback
8 most common species：
Chinese abelia
Chinese abelia (Abelia chinensis) is a deciduous shrub that will grow from 1.5 to 2.5 m tall. It blooms from summer to fall with fragrant showy white tubular flowers that attract butterflies. Thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers acidic moist well-drained soil. It is native to China.
Glossy abelia
The Abelia uniflora shrub was first described in 1829 by Nathaniel Wallich. It is a deciduous plant that blooms from spring to early summer with clusters of purplish to white flowers. It’s commonly found at elevations of 2000 m above sea level.
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
The abelia 'Edward Goucher' has lilac-pink flowers with copper-colored leaf bases, distinguishing it from others of the species. It was cultivated from Abelia × Grandiflora and named in honor of English naturalist Edward Goucher. Horticulturalists are fond of this easy-to-grow and low-maintenance deciduous shrub and often use it as a good informal hedge.
'Radiance' Glossy abelia
'Radiance' Glossy abelia is a member of the Honeysuckle family and a cultivar of the Glossy Abelia. It has surprisingly bright, radiantly crimson stems that differ from the more subdued stem color of the parent plant. This semi-evergreen shrub is dense, and grows into a more compact shape than its parent. Gardeners like this cultivar as it has attractive two-colored olive and cream leaves that appear in fall.
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All Species of Abelia
More Popular Genus
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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