Common name: hybrid abelia
Family name: Caprifoliaceae
- flimsy leaves
- long flowering
- calices turn red in the sun
- 5 lobed flowers
- fruit is dry capsule
- second year – arching stem produce branched which arch again
- branches from base
- tends to renew itself from the base
- leaf is rhomboidal or somewhat ovate
- oppositely arranged leaves
- flowers are terminal on secondary branches
- known for pink flowers in summer
- broad leafed evergreen plant
- Hardy plant through damage
- grows to about 2-2.5 metres
- somewhat shade tolerant
- deciduous shrub
- USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
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