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| color = IndianRed
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|familia=Caprifoliaceae
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| name = ''Abelia chinensis''
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|genus=Abelia
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|species=chinensis
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|common_name=Chinese abelia
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|habit=shrub
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| common_names = Chinese abelia
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|Max ht box=6
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| growth_habit = shrubs
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|Max ht metric=ft
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| high = 5ft (1.5m)
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|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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| wide = 8ft (2.5m)
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|Max wd box=8
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| lifespan = perennial
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|Max wd metric=ft
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| exposure = Sun, light shade
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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| water = regular
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|origin=China
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| features = Decidious
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|lifespan=perennial
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|exposure=sun
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| usda_zones = 7-9
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| sunset_zones = 4-24, 28-34
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|water=moist
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|features=deciduous, flowers, butterflys
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|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
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|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|flowers=white
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|min_zone=8
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|max_zone=10
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|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34
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|image=Abelia chinensis RJB1.jpg
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[[Abelia]] chinensis (Chinese abelia). Deciduous. Grows to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies.  
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[[Abelia]] chinensis (Chinese abelia, syn. ''A. rupestris''). Spreading, deciduous shrub to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies. Has ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, to 1. 1/2 in (4cm) long. From summer to autumn, bears terminal panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/4 in (6mm) long, with 5-lobed pink calyces.  
  
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===Cultivation===
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{{inc|R. Br. (A. rupestris, Lindl.). Shrub, 3-6 ft.: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, 3/4 - l 1/2 in. long, serrate, hairy on the midrib beneath and sometimes with scattered hairs above, deciduous: fls. in terminal dense panicles, funnel-form, white, ½ in. long; sepals oblong, ¼ in. long; stamens exserted. Summer. China. B.R. 32:8. Gn. 27, p. 424. P.F.G. 2:201. G. 8:143.— A. rupestris is sometimes considered a distinct species, but the differences are very slight.}}
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abelia|genus page]].''
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| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
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| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]] ([[Linnaeaceae]])
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| genus = '''''Abelia'''''
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=== Propagation ===
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| species = '''''A. chinensis'''''<br> syn. '''''A. rupestris'''''
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File:Abelia chinensis3.jpg| photo 1
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File:Abelia chinensis2.jpg| photo 2
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File:Abelia chinensis0.jpg| photo 3
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==References and external links==
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== References ==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  --> <!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
*Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
 
*Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 29 June 2010


Abelia chinensis RJB1.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: ⇔ 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ China
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ moist
Features: ✓ deciduous, flowers, butterflys
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Sunset Zones: 4-24, 28-34
Flower features: ❀ white
Scientific Names

Caprifoliaceae >

Abelia >

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Abelia chinensis (Chinese abelia, syn. A. rupestris). Spreading, deciduous shrub to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies. Has ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, to 1. 1/2 in (4cm) long. From summer to autumn, bears terminal panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/4 in (6mm) long, with 5-lobed pink calyces.


Read about Abelia chinensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

R. Br. (A. rupestris, Lindl.). Shrub, 3-6 ft.: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, 3/4 - l 1/2 in. long, serrate, hairy on the midrib beneath and sometimes with scattered hairs above, deciduous: fls. in terminal dense panicles, funnel-form, white, ½ in. long; sepals oblong, ¼ in. long; stamens exserted. Summer. China. B.R. 32:8. Gn. 27, p. 424. P.F.G. 2:201. G. 8:143.— A. rupestris is sometimes considered a distinct species, but the differences are very slight.

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