Botanical Name: Abelia grandiflora 'Prostrata'
Common Name: Prostrate white abelia
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low growing, mounding low arching and spreading, with slender branches, young branches usually dark red – more compact and spreading than A. grandiflora
Height 1-1/2-2'
Spread 6'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full/partial sun
Soil prefers moist, slightly acidic loam soils; tolerates most
Hardiness hardy (zones 5-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite on square stems, ovate-deltoid, 1-1-1/2" long, 3/4" wide, slightly dentate, crenate margin – pale green
Flowers terminal panicles, bisexual, white, tubular, 5-lobed, usually with 4 coppery bracts
Fruit tiny leathery achene
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
low filler or facer – large scale ground cover
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular – not drought resistant
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back and thin out old branches in late winter
Pests/Diseases scale
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Caprifoliaceae

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