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.

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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