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| color = IndianRed

|familia=Caprifoliaceae

| name = ''Abelia''

|genus=Abelia

| image = Abeliarandiflora1web.jpg

| image_width = 240px

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| image_caption = Glossy Abelia (''Abelia x grandiflora'')

|Min ht box=1

| common_names =

|Min ht metric=m

| growth_habit = shrubs

|Max ht box=6

| high = 1-6m

|Max ht metric=m

| wide = 1-6m

|height_ref=Sunset National Garden Book

| origin = E Asia (Japan W to Himalayas) & Mexico

|Min wd box=1

| lifespan = perennial

|Min wd metric=m

| exposure = Sun, light shade

| water = regular

| features = Evergreen or decidious

|width_ref=Sunset National Garden Book

| poisonous =

|origin=E Asia (Japan W to Himalayas) & Mexico

| hardiness =

|lifespan=perennial

| usda_zones =

| sunset_zones = vary by species

|exposure=sun

| regnum = Plantae

|sun_ref=Sunset National Garden Book

| divisio = Magnoliophyta

|water=moderate

| classis = Magnoliopsida

|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book

|features=evergreen, deciduous

|Temp Metric=°F

| genus = Abelia

|sunset_zones=vary by species

|image=Abeliarandiflora1web.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_caption=Glossy Abelia (''Abelia x grandiflora'')

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}}

Abelias are popular [[garden]] [[shrub]]s from 1-6 m tall; the species from warm climates are [[evergreen]], and colder climate species [[deciduous]]. Graceful, arching branches which are densely clothed with oval, usually glossy leaves 1/2 to 1-1/2 in. long; having bronzy new growth. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite or in whorls of three, ovate, glossy, dark green, 1.5-8 cm long, turning purplish-bronze to red in autumn in the deciduous species. The [[flower]]s appear in the upper leaf axils and stem ends, 1-8 together in a short [[cyme]]; they are pendulous, white to pink, bell-shaped with a five-lobed corolla, 1-5 cm long, and usually scented. Tubular or bell-shaped flowers come in clusters at ends of branches or among leaves. Flowering continues over a long and continuous late spring to fall period. The small, plentiful blossoms are enough to be showy, mostly during summer to early fall. After blooms drop, they usually leave purplish or copper-colored sepals that give color into the fall.

Abelias are popular [[garden]] [[shrub]]s from 1-6 m tall; the species from warm climates are [[evergreen]], and colder climate species [[deciduous]]. Graceful, arching branches which are densely clothed with oval, usually glossy leaves 1/2 to 1-1/2 in. long; having bronzy new growth. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite or in whorls of three, ovate, glossy, dark green, 1.5-8 cm long, turning purplish-bronze to red in autumn in the deciduous species. The [[flower]]s appear in the upper leaf axils and stem ends, 1-8 together in a short [[cyme]]; they are pendulous, white to pink, bell-shaped with a five-lobed corolla, 1-5 cm long, and usually scented. Tubular or bell-shaped flowers come in clusters at ends of branches or among leaves. Flowering continues over a long and continuous late spring to fall period. The small, plentiful blossoms are enough to be showy, mostly during summer to early fall. After blooms drop, they usually leave purplish or copper-colored sepals that give color into the fall.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

Plant in well-drained, moderately fertile soil, in a sun. Moderate frost hardiness, prune selectively in winter to keep the shrub's graceful form, removing some of the basal shoots to make room for new growth, plus the cane ends. Take care to preserve the plant's naturally arching habit. Don't shear, the more stems you cut to the ground in winter or early spring, the more open and arching next year's growth will be.  

Plant in well-drained, moderately fertile soil, in a sun. Moderate frost hardiness, prune selectively in winter to keep the shrub's graceful form, removing some of the basal shoots to make room for new growth, plus the cane ends. Take care to preserve the plant's naturally arching habit. Don't shear, the more stems you cut to the ground in winter or early spring, the more open and arching next year's growth will be.  

===Propagation===

===Propagation===

Soft-tip cuttings in spring to summer, or half-hardened cuttings in late autumn to winter.

Soft-tip cuttings in spring to summer, or half-hardened cuttings in late autumn to winter. Seeds are not often obtainable; they are sown in spring and germinate after a month or two; the seedlings begin to bloom usually in their third year.

===Pests and diseases===

===Pests and diseases===

*''[[Abelia dielsii]] '' - (China)

*''[[Abelia dielsii]] '' - (China)

*''[[Abelia Edward Goucher]]''

*''[[Abelia Edward Goucher]]''

*''[[Abelia engleriana]]'' - (Sichuan, China)

*''[[Abelia engleriana]]'' - (Sichuan, China)

*''[[Abelia fargesii]]'' - (Japan)

*''[[Abelia fargesii]]'' - (Japan)

*''[[Abelia triflora]]'' - (Himalaya)

*''[[Abelia triflora]]'' - (Himalaya)

*''[[Abelia umbellata]]'' - (Sichuan, China)

*''[[Abelia umbellata]]'' - (Sichuan, China)

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;Hybrids

;Hybrids

*''[[Abelia x grandiflora]]'', Glossy Abelia, Hort. ex. Bailey. The most widely grown Abelia is this hybrid of 2 parents from China (''Abelia chinensis'' x ''Abelia uniflora''). This is a rounded, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub with gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall, with ovate, glossy, dark green semi-evergreen leaves to 2-6 cm long, and clusters of white-tinged-pink, bell-shaped flowers to 2 cm long.

*''[[Abelia x grandiflora]]'', Glossy Abelia, Hort. ex. Bailey. The most widely grown Abelia is this hybrid of 2 parents from China (''Abelia chinensis'' x ''Abelia uniflora''). This is a rounded, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub with gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall, with ovate, glossy, dark green semi-evergreen leaves to 2-6 cm long, and clusters of white-tinged-pink, bell-shaped flowers to 2 cm long.

==References==

==References==

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=100018 Flora of China: ''Abeila'' species list]

*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=100018 Flora of China: ''Abeila'' species list]

*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Abeila'']

*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Abeila'']

*[http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0007-196X&volume=052&issue=02&page=0172 Two new species of Abelia]

*[http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0007-196X&volume=052&issue=02&page=0172 Two new species of Abelia]