When this time of the year rolls around, I feel compelled to write about plants that can withstand the summer heat. As I was driving through town recently, a planting of kaleidoscope abelia caught my ...

What: The foliage of this almost whimsical abelia is transformed by a kaleidoscope of colors over the course of spring, summer and fall. In early spring, the leaves of Abelia x grandiflora ...

Its durability and foliage that seems to be ever-changing in shades of green, yellow, red and orange makes the abelia kaleidoscope a winner in the garden. If you think the abelia is ho-hum, then you ...

If you are looking for a shrub for your garden that is drought tolerant, blooms most of the summer, takes full sun, has fragrant flowers that attract pollinators and hummingbirds, is disease free and ...

Flowering ornamental shrubs that require little to no effort are a prized possession of both homeowners and landscapers. One underutilized and underappreciated flowering shrub is the abelia. Abelia is ...

CHELSEA, plant detective, is on the case again! I look good in a trench coat. This week I've been rediscovering the perfect small hedge plant. Over the years people's favourites have included plants ...

Abelias are graceful shrubs that deserve wider use in the landscape. They tolerate a range of light conditions, seamlessly bridging sunny and shady areas of the landscape to create harmonious ...

Move over Edward Goucher, there is a new abelia in town. Actually there are several abelias that will absolutely take this from a ho-hum shrub to one that is dazzling in the landscape. All of a sudden ...

Abelias first came to the United States in the early 1900s from eastern Asia and Mexico, and they have been garden favorites since that time. These are sturdy plants that grow best in full sun to part ...

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