Famille
Caprifoliaceae
Rounded shrub with arched and supple twigs. Semi persistent. White fragrant flowers in summer. Height 1 to 1,5m.
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
100cm
Hauteur max
150cm
Encombrement min
100cm
Encombrement max
200cm
Intérêts remarquables
Foliage
Période
In summer
In autumn
Type de sol
Acidic
Utilisation au jardin
Hedge
Massif
Parterre
General description
- Origin
- Central and Eastern China in temperate regions. The Abelia was discovered by British Doctor Clarke Abel in 1816-17. The new genus Abelia was created in 1825 following this discovery. Introduced into culture in 1844.
- Climate
- Resistant to -10 ° C. One of the most hardy in the species.
- Exposure
- Sunny.
- Soil
- Well drained, slightly acid. This plant is resistant to drought.
- Growth
- Normal to fast.
- Propagation
- By herbaceous cuttings in July-August.
- Use
- Hedge, boarder or isolated.
- Merit
- Award of Merit 1976 (RHS).
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Can reach up to 1.5m to 2m in good conditions, height as width.
- Habit
- Its port is at the same time bushy and flared, supple and dense.
- Trunk
- Multi stems and bushy.
- Bark
- Light brown to olive green, vertically rift, exfoliating with age. Branches finely pubescent reddish.
- Branches
- Woody and cylindrical rods.
Leaves
- Shape
- Single sheet, opposite; pennate; blade lanceolate and toothed; pointed top; cuneiform base.
- Colour
- Shiny green that becomes purple bronze in autumn.
- Note
- Deciduous or semi-persistent, even persistent in mild climate.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- July-August and can sometimes reach October.
- Shape
- In corymbe of tubular flowers terminated in 5 lobes, length of a flower: 2cm.
- Colour
- White tinged with pink, rosy calyx.
- Note
- Perfumed flowering, capable of embalming a whole garden in hot weather. Melliferous.
Fruits
- Shape
- Akene, indehiscent dry fruit. It does not open to maturity. Insignificant.
- Colour
- Green to beige.
- Seeds
- One seed per fruit.