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| origin =    <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
 
| origin =    <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
 
| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
 
| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
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| lifespan = perennial
 
| exposure =    <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
 
| exposure =    <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
 
| water =    <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
 
| water =    <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
 
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
 
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->-->
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Dipsacales
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| familia = Caprifoliaceae
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| genus = Abelia
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| species =
 
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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.  
 
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.