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| name = ''Abelia chinensis''
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|botanic_name=Abelia chinensis
| common_names = Chinese abelia
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|common_name=Chinese abelia
| growth_habit = shrubs
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|habit=shrub
| high = 5ft (1.5m)
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|max_height=5 ft
| wide = 8ft (2.5m)
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|max_width=8 ft
| origin = China
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|origin=China
| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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|lifespan=perennial
| lifespan = perennial
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|exposure=sun, part-sun
| exposure = Sun, light shade
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|water=regular
| water = regular
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|features=deciduous, butterflys
| features = Decidious, butterfly
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|min_temp=°F
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
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|min_zone=7
| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
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|max_zone=9
| usda_zones = 7-9
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|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34
| sunset_zones = 4-24, 28-34
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|image=Upload.png
| color = IndianRed
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|image_width=240px
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|familia=Caprifoliaceae
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|genus=Abelia
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|species=chinensis
| regnum = Plantae
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| ordo = Dipsacales
 
| familia = Caprifoliaceae
 
| genus = Abelia
 
| species = chinensis
 
 
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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.
 
[[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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==References==
 
==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  *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  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

Revision as of 20:28, 10 October 2009


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width: to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: China
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water: regular"regular" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Features: deciduous, butterflys
USDA Zones: 7 to 9
Sunset Zones: 4-24, 28-34
Scientific Names

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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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