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| − | | name = ''Abelia × grandiflora''
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| − | | image_caption = Glossy Abelia (''Abelia × grandiflora'')
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| − | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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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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| − | | hybrid = ''A. × grandiflora''
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| − | | binomial = ''Abelia × grandiflora''
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| − | | binomial_authority = (André) Rehd.
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| − | '''''[[Abelia]] × grandiflora''''' (Glossy Abelia) is a [[hybrid]] ''[[Abelia]]'', raised by hybridising ''[[Abelia|Abelia chinensis]]'' with ''[[Abelia|A. uniflora]]''. It is a [[deciduous]] or semi-[[evergreen]] multi-stemmed [[shrub]] with rounded, spreading, or gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are ovate, glossy, dark green, 2-6 cm long. The [[flower]]s are produced in clusters, white, tinged pink, bell-shaped, to 2 cm long.
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| − | Evergreen to semievergreen. Zones 4-24, 28-35. Hybrid of two species from China. Best known and most popular of the abelias. Grows to 8 ft. or taller; spreads to 5 ft. or wider. Flowers white or faintly tinged pink. Stems freeze at about 0°F/-18°C, but plant will usually recover to bloom the same year, making a graceful border plant 10-15 in. tall.
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| − | 'Francis Mason' is a compact (3-4 ft. high and wide), densly branched variety, with pink flowers and yellow-variegated leaves. 'Golden Glow' is similar, but with entirely yellow foliage. 'Prostrata' is a low-growing (l 1/2-2-ft.), smaller-leafed variety useful as ground cover, bank planting, low foreground shrub. 'Sherwoodii' grows 3-4 ft. tall, 5 ft wide, hybrid 'Edward Goucher' is less hardy (Zones 5-24, 28-32), lower growing (to 3-5 ft.), and lacier than its A. grandiflora parent, with small, orange-throated, lilac-pink flowers.
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| − | ===Cultivation and uses===
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| − | ''Abelia × grandiflora'' was first raised at the Rovelli [[Nursery (horticulture)|nursery]] by [[Lake Maggiore]] in [[Italy]] in 1886. It is used as an [[ornamental plant]] in specimen plantings in gardens, or in a mixed border with other shrubs. [[plant propagation|Propagation]] is by [[cutting (plant)|cuttings]].
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| − | [[Synonymy|Synonyms]] include ''Abelia rupestris'' Hort., ''Linnaea pringiana'' Graebn, and ''L. spaethiana'' Graebn.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
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| − | * {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
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| − | * {{pt icon}} Lorenzi, H.; Souza, M.S. (2001) ''Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras.'' [http://www.plantarum.com.br/ Plantarum] ISBN 85-86714-12-7
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| − | [[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
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