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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Abelia chinensis''
|botanic_name=Abelia chinensis
| common_names = Chinese abelia
|common_name=Chinese abelia
| growth_habit = shrubs
|habit=shrub
| high = 5ft (1.5m)
|max_height=5 ft
| wide = 8ft (2.5m)
|max_width=8 ft
| origin = China
|origin=China
|lifespan=perennial
| lifespan = perennial
|exposure=sun, part-sun
| exposure = Sun, light shade
|water=regular
| water = regular
|features=deciduous, butterflys
| features = Decidious, butterfly
|min_temp=°F
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
|min_zone=7
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
|max_zone=9
| usda_zones = 7-9
|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34
| sunset_zones = 4-24, 28-34
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240px
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|familia=Caprifoliaceae
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|genus=Abelia
|species=chinensis
| familia = Caprifoliaceae
| genus = Abelia
| species = chinensis
}}
}}
[[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.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==References==
==References==
*[[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 -->