Famille
Caprifoliaceae
Dwarf Abelia in a compact and dense ball. Finely variegated foliage of cream. White flowers in summer. Height 50cm.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 8: from -12°C to -7°C
Couleur de feuille
Couleur de fleur
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Sunny
Hauteur minimum
50cm
Hauteur max
100cm
Encombrement min
100cm
Encombrement max
200cm
Intérêts remarquables
Foliage
Utilisation au jardin
Massif
Pot and tray (terrace and balcony)
Rockery
General description
- Origin
- Horticultural introduction.
- Climate
- Resistant to -10 ° C. Well resistant to drought.
- Exposure
- Very sunny and warm.
- Soil
- Well drained.
- Growth
- Slow to moderate.
- Propagation
- By cuttings of young soft stems in spring.
- Pruning
- It only needs a little cleaning at the end of the winter.
- Use
- Rockery, flowerbed.
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Height 50cm.
- Habit
- Bush dwarf, dense and compact, wider than high.
Leaves
- Shape
- Small single leaves, opposite.
- Colour
- Green finely variegated with white-cream. New shoots totally creams.
- Note
- Evergreen to semi-evergreen.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- July to October.
- Shape
- Tubular bells.
- Colour
- White slightly pink.
Fruits
- Shape
- Akene with a single seed. Insignificant.