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Family Name:        Caprifoliaceae  =  Honeysuckle  Family
Scientific Name: previous scientific nameAbelia    x  grandiflora  next scientific name      plant name pronunciation
Common Name:   Glossy abelia
     
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2  Abelagran_LF01_Aug10
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4  Abelagran_OF04_Aug10
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6  Abelagran_OF06_Aug10
7  Abelagran_OF07_Aug10
8  Abelagran_SA01_Dec5
                 
 


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Distribution:  A. chinesis x A. uniflora

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 6-9       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   To 6 ft. tall.

Form:   Partially evergreen shrub.

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Leaves:   Leaves opposite, shiny or glossy, to 1.5 in. long, with dentate or shallow toothed margin.

Fall Color:   Fall color bronze to purplish red.

Flower:   Flowers in loose clusters, bell shaped with a tubular corolla, white with a pink flush, with 2 to 5 sepals. Flowers May, June, July, August, September, through frost.

Fruit:   Fruit an achene with persistent sepals.

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Notes:   A very attractive shub with very shiny green leaves. There is a prostrate cultivar, and a 3 ft. dwarf cultivar with smaller leaves.

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