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| ==Selected species== | | ==Selected species== |
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| + | |- style="background:grey; color:white" |
| + | | A. chinensis (syn. A. rupestris) |
| + | | Chinese abelia |
| + | | width = 175 | USDA Zones 7-9 |
| + | | width = 120 | Sunset Zones |
| + | | width = 100 | ↕ 5 ft (1.5m) |
| + | | width = 100 | ↔ 8ft (2.5m) |
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| + | | colspan=6 | Spreading, deciduous shrub with 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. China. |
| + | |} |
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| + | |- style="background:grey; color:white" |
| + | | A. schumannii |
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| + | | width = 175 | USDA Zones 7-9 |
| + | | width = 120 | Sunset Zones |
| + | | width = 100 | ↕ 16ft (2m) |
| + | | width = 100 | ↔ 10ft (3m) |
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| + | | colspan=6 | Deciduous shrub with arching shoots and ovate, mid-green leaves, bronze when young, to 1 1/4 in (3cm) long. Funnel-shaped, slightly scented, orange-marked, lilac-pink flowers, 1 in (2.5cm) long, with 2-lobed, pinkish green calyces, are produced singly or in axillary cymes, from lare summer to autumn. C. China. |
| + | |} |
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| + | |- style="background:grey; color:white" |
| + | | A. triflora |
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| + | | width = 175 | USDA Zones 7-9 |
| + | | width = 120 | Sunset Zones |
| + | | width = 100 | ↕ 15ft (5m) or > |
| + | | width = 100 | ↔ 10ft (3m) |
| + | | rowspan=2 width=150 style="background:none" | [[Image:Abeliarandiflora1web.jpg|noframe|150px|right|Abelia]] |
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| + | | colspan=6 | Large shrub or small tree, vigorous and erect in habit, with deeply ridged bark and deciduous, ovate, dark green leaves, to 3in (8cm) long. Small, very fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/2 in (1.5cm) long, with 5-lobed, bronze-red, narrowly segmented calyces, are produced in threes from the upper leaf axils, in clusters to 2in (5cm) across, in summer. N.W. Himalayas . |
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