Abelia shrub

Learn how to grow these low-maintenance shrubs that have attractive foliage, bloom from summer to fall, and attract hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators to your garden.

Feature Flowering Shrub: Abelia Kaleidoscope

Abelia perennial plant growing guide: A guide to caring for your Abelia perennial. Abelia's are colorful and low-maintenance plants!

Abelias can add a beautiful touch to a southern landscape. Come learn about 13 different varieties that you should consider growing.

Glossy evergreen shrub. Evergreen to partially deciduous. Hybrid of two species from China. Best known and most popular of the abelias.

'Little Richard' abelia is an award-winning shrub that offers pretty flowers, foliage and a compact habit.

Changing color over the seasons, Abelia × grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' (Glossy Abelia) is a dwarf, variegated, semi-evergreen shrub. Emerging bright yellow and lime-green in spring, its glossy oval leaves turn golden yellow in summer before taking on glowing orange and fiery red hues in fall. The leaf coloration does not burn or scorch in the hottest of weather. Opening from soft pink buds in late spring, an abundance of white, tubular, fragrant flowers covers the entire bush well into fall…

This vigorous shrub with a compact habit is a standout, maintaining its color and density throughout the year. Crimson stems contrast dramatically with variegated foliage that begins medium green with creamy yellow margins and ages to silvery-green with cream margins. Fragrant white tubular flowers appear mid-summer to fall.

Feature Flowering Shrub: Abelia Kaleidoscope

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Rose Creek Abelia is not quite evergreen. But its glossy foliage does last late into the winter, typically mid-January, before being shed. Its modest size also is a plus for urban gardens. It only grows 3- to 4-feet tall and wide.Rose Creek is highly drought tolerant, bug and disease free, grows in full sun to part shade and covers its delicate foliage with 3-inch clusters of tiny pinkish-white flowers June through fall. And it saves the best for last. In early October, its spent flower…

Radiance is a white variegated Abelia that stands out above any other because of its vigor and ability to maintain color and density throughout the year.

Pro tip: Plant shrubs that bloom in different seasons, so you always have flowers in your garden.

Keep your front yard tidy and welcoming with these low-maintenance, compact, deer-resistant landscaping plants.

Mardi Gras Abelia adds a sweet and simple pop of color to any landscaping design. During the warm season, the variegated foliage transitions from light green to creamy white with pink tinted tips. The cooler seasons grace the shrub with a charming golden hue. With a beautiful spectrum of pale green, creamy white, and blushing pink, this plant is literally a Margi Gras of pigments. #Abelia #MardiGrasAbelia #Plantingtree

Canyon Creek Abelia is one of the most charming shrubs in the market. They have excellent foliage colors that change with the season. The numerous foliage colors make these plants one of the best-looking shrubs

Brighten your landscape, and your mood, with Mucho Gusto abelia. Elegant variegation and fragrant flowers all summer long. You'll love its continuous color!

Get an easy-to-grow evergreen shrub with our Kaleidoscope Abelia Shrubs.

Discover 6 abelia varieties perfect for VA, WV, MD, and DC gardens in this guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.

Shrub expert Andy McIndoe offers a comprehensive guide on evergreen shrubs and how to care for them, plus how to prune and which will work best in your garden