Description

Glossy Abelia is a versatile, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub prized for its long season of interest, reliability, and easy-care nature. It forms a dense, gracefully arching mound of small, glossy, dark green leaves that often take on bronze tints in colder months. From late spring through fall, it is continuously adorned with clusters of fragrant, bell-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers that are highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. This tough, adaptable plant is a classic choice for foundation plantings, informal hedges, or mixed borders.

• Long Blooming Period: Flowers continuously from late spring or early summer through fall, providing months of color and fragrance.

• Graceful, Arching Habit: Forms a dense, mounded shrub with attractive, arching reddish-brown stems, typically reaching 4-6 feet tall and wide.

• Attracts Pollinators: The fragrant, tubular flowers are a reliable nectar source for butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds throughout the growing season.

• Tough & Adaptable: Tolerates a wide range of soils, heat, drought once established, and both full sun and partial shade. Deer resistant.

• Low Maintenance: Requires minimal pruning. Can be lightly sheared after flowering to shape or rejuvenated by cutting back older stems in late winter.