This is a spreading rounded shrub with glossy golden leaves that sometimes tinge bronze. New growth is a fantastic bright yellow becoming golden when mature with fragrant soft pink trumpet-shaped flowers in summer.
Abelia makes an excellent feature mass planting shrub, great for hedge or border planting.
Common Name:
Golden Abelia
Botanical Name:
Abelia x grandiflora Francis Mason
Plant size:
Approx 5 - 10cm
Pot size:
50mm pot.
Max growth:
Approx 1.8m high and 1.5m wide.
Maintenance:
These plants are low maintenance and very hardy. They can be left to grow naturally or be trimmed as desired. They prefer Sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil
Planting:
Place one handful of slow release fertilizer around the new plant once planted
Fertilise beginning of Spring.