1. BOTANICAL NAME
ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA

2. PRONUNCIATION
ab - EE - lia grand - i - FLOR - ah

3. COMMON NAME
Glossy Abelia

5. FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae

6. Life Cycle
Evergreen Perennial

7. Growth Habit
Height 4’ - 6’
Width 3’ - 5’
Upright

9. ARRANGEMENT
Opposite
Whorled on lower part of new growth

10. MARGIN
Serrated

11. LEAF
Elliptical
Length - 1”
Width - 1/2”

12. VEINS
Pinnate

13. COMPOSITION
Simple

16. FLOWER
Summer
Pink

19. FRUIT
Insignificant

20. EXPOSURE
Part shade
Shade

21. GROWTH
Medium

22. USE
Hedge
Foundation

23. DESCRIPTION Dark green leaves that are shiney above
May be purple-green in winter

25. DESCRIPTION Flowers is funnel shaped in clusters of 3 - 4; fragrant
Twigs are reddish brown with vertical spiraling streaks in the bark

27. DESCRIPTION Cv.‘Edward Goucher’ Cv. ‘Prostrata’ Cv. ‘Francis Macon’
Cv. ‘Kaleidoscope’

29. PROBLEMS

30. ZONES
6 - 10

31. NATIVE OF:
Asia and Mexico