Additional Information
Glossy Abelia can develop chlorosis on high pH soils. Yearly pruning is required to remove deadwood and this plant may become leggy with age if not killed back in winter.
Abelia × grandiflora Glossy Abelia
Previously known as: Abelia rupestris var. grandiflora, Abelia x rupestris, Linnaea x grandiflora
White (White, pink-flushed terminal flower panicles all summer)
Green (Summer); Bronze (Leaves persist or turn bronze-purple before falling in winter)
Red (Reddish purple to reddish brown, exfoliating with age, peels in string-like threads)
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
3-6 feet
3-6 feet
Prefers slightly acid, moist, well-drained soils
Hybrid origin
Lustrous dark green leaves are opposite, 0.5-1.5" long, with dentate margins. May be bearded near base of midrib beneath. Stems narrow, and young are pubescent and older exfoliate.
Plant Photo Gallery
Leaf Arrangement
Flower in Late Summer
Flower
Overall Shrub
Bark
Buds
Buds
Winter Habit
When Abelia × grandiflora has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University
Flowering
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No Fruiting Observations Available
1 Abelia × grandiflora found
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| Number | Accession ID | Location | |
| 1 | 2026_00034*A | HORTPARK |
