Abelia chinensis

Abelia chinensis {{{latin_name}}}	Chinese abelia
	Habit: shrubs Height: ⇕ 5ft (1.5m) Width: ⇔ 8ft (2.5m) Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ China Poisonous: ☠	Exposure: ☼ Sun, light shade Water: ◍ regular Features: ✓ Decidious, butterfly Hardiness: ☃ Bloom: ❀ USDA Zones: 7-9 Sunset Zones: 4-24, 28-34
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Abelia chinensis (Chinese abelia, syn. A. rupestris). Spreading, deciduous shrub to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies. Has ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, to 1. 1/2 in (4cm) long. From summer to autumn, bears terminal panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/4 in (6mm) long, with 5-lobed pink calyces.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

R. Br. (A. rupestris, Lindl.). Shrub, 3-6 ft.: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, 3/4 - l 1/2 in. long, serrate, hairy on the midrib beneath and sometimes with scattered hairs above, deciduous: fls. in terminal dense panicles, funnel-form, white, ½ in. long; sepals oblong, ¼ in. long; stamens exserted. Summer. China. B.R. 32:8. Gn. 27, p. 424. P.F.G. 2:201. G. 8:143.— A. rupestris is sometimes considered a distinct species, but the differences are very slight. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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References

• Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608

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