Botanical Name: Abelia grandiflora ‘Francis Mason’
Common Name: Variegated glossy abelia
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character semi-evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape arching, spreading plant with a small, graceful structure, young leaves bright yellow, becoming darker with age
Height 2-4'
Spread 2-4'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to part shade - variegation more pronounced in sun
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy - all zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves simple pinnate, opposite, to 1 1/2" long, young foliage is bright yellow with bronze cast; older foliage becomes darker
Flowers spring-fall, tubular 1/2" diameter - pale pink to lavender, bracts narrow, pinkish red
Fruit small capsule, rare
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
filler, accent, mass plantings - excellent contract to darker, denser and more massive plants - good in small landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back long, arching branches at base - do not shear
Pests/Diseases scale
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: cultivar
Family: Caprifoliaceae

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