Famille
Caprifoliaceae
Synonymes
Abelia 'Conti', Abelia Conti, Abelia x grandiflora 'Confetti'
Small shrub with rounded habit and creamy white leaves. Pink red in autumn. Flowers white pink, scented in summer. Height 1m.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 8: from -12°C to -7°C
Couleur de feuille
Couleur de fleur
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Sunny
Part shade
Hauteur minimum
50cm
Hauteur max
100cm
Encombrement min
50cm
Encombrement max
100cm
Intérêts remarquables
Foliage
Période
In autumn
Utilisation au jardin
Massif
Pot and tray (terrace and balcony)
General description
- Origin
- Horticultural production.
- Climate
- Resistant to -10 ° C.
- Exposure
- Sunny to mid shade.
- Soil
- light, well drained and slightly acid.
- Growth
- Moderate.
- Propagation
- By herbaceous cutting in July-August.
- Pruning
- Consists of removing the older branches, which will increase the flowering.
- Use
- Flowery and potted massif on a terrace.
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Height from 60 cm to 1.2 m.
- Habit
- Dwarf bush, compact, with arched branches.
- Trunk
- multi stems.
Leaves
- Shape
- Small single leave, whole, oval, opposite.
- Colour
- Green bordered with white. In autumn the leaves turn pink red.
- Note
- Persistent to semi-persistent.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- July to September.
- Shape
- Tubular.
- Colour
- Pinky white.
- Note
- Perfumed and melliferous.
Fruits
- Shape
- Insignificant.