Horticulture/Abelia x grandiflora

Abelia x grandifloraAbelia x grandiflora Description Growing Conditions Varieties Uses Maintenance Propagation Harvest Pests and Diseases References 7.12.13 7.12.13 Abelia_x_grandiflora Abelia x grandiflora Abelia × grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) is a hybrid Abelia, raised by hybridising Abelia chinensis with A. uniflora. It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen multi-stemmed shrub with rounded, spreading, or gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall. The leaves are ovate, glossy, dark green, 2-6 cm long. The flowers are produced in clusters, white, tinged pink, bell-shaped, to 2 cm long. Cultivation and uses Abelia × grandiflora was first raised at the Rovelli nursery by Lake Maggiore in Italy in 1886. It is used as an ornamental plant in specimen plantings in gardens, or in a mixed border with other shrubs. Propagation is by cuttings. Synonyms include Abelia rupestris Hort., Linnaea pringiana Graebn, and L. spaethiana Graebn. References Bailey, L. H. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition). 2005 Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation Lorenzi, H.; Souza, M.S. (2001) Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. Plantarum 85-86714-12-7 ja:アベリア