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|familia=Caprifoliaceae
|familia=Caprifoliaceae
|genus=Abelia
|genus=Abelia
|habit=shrub
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=1
|Min ht metric=m
|Max ht box=6
|Max ht metric=m
|height_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|Min wd box=1
|Min wd metric=m
|Max wd box=6
|Max wd metric=m
|width_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|origin=E Asia (Japan W to Himalayas) & Mexico
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|water=moderate
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=evergreen, deciduous
|features=evergreen, deciduous
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|sunset_zones=vary by species
|image=Upload.png
|image=Abeliarandiflora1web.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Glossy Abelia (''Abelia x grandiflora'')
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Abelias are popular [[garden]] [[shrub]]s from 1-6 m tall; the species from warm climates are [[evergreen]], and colder climate species [[deciduous]]. Graceful, arching branches which are densely clothed with oval, usually glossy leaves 1/2 to 1-1/2 in. long; having bronzy new growth. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite or in whorls of three, ovate, glossy, dark green, 1.5-8 cm long, turning purplish-bronze to red in autumn in the deciduous species. The [[flower]]s appear in the upper leaf axils and stem ends, 1-8 together in a short [[cyme]]; they are pendulous, white to pink, bell-shaped with a five-lobed corolla, 1-5 cm long, and usually scented. Tubular or bell-shaped flowers come in clusters at ends of branches or among leaves. Flowering continues over a long and continuous late spring to fall period. The small, plentiful blossoms are enough to be showy, mostly during summer to early fall. After blooms drop, they usually leave purplish or copper-colored sepals that give color into the fall.
Abelias are popular [[garden]] [[shrub]]s from 1-6 m tall; the species from warm climates are [[evergreen]], and colder climate species [[deciduous]]. Graceful, arching branches which are densely clothed with oval, usually glossy leaves 1/2 to 1-1/2 in. long; having bronzy new growth. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite or in whorls of three, ovate, glossy, dark green, 1.5-8 cm long, turning purplish-bronze to red in autumn in the deciduous species. The [[flower]]s appear in the upper leaf axils and stem ends, 1-8 together in a short [[cyme]]; they are pendulous, white to pink, bell-shaped with a five-lobed corolla, 1-5 cm long, and usually scented. Tubular or bell-shaped flowers come in clusters at ends of branches or among leaves. Flowering continues over a long and continuous late spring to fall period. The small, plentiful blossoms are enough to be showy, mostly during summer to early fall. After blooms drop, they usually leave purplish or copper-colored sepals that give color into the fall.
*''[[Abelia dielsii]] '' - (China)
*''[[Abelia dielsii]] '' - (China)
*''[[Abelia Edward Goucher]]''
*''[[Abelia Edward Goucher]]''
*''[[Abelia 'Edward Goucher']]''
*''[[Abelia engleriana]]'' - (Sichuan, China)
*''[[Abelia engleriana]]'' - (Sichuan, China)
*''[[Abelia fargesii]]'' - (Japan)
*''[[Abelia fargesii]]'' - (Japan)
*''[[Abelia floribunda]]'' - Mexican Abelia (Mexico)
*''[[Abelia floribunda]]'' - Mexican Abelia (Mexico)
*''[[Abelia forrestii]]'' - (China)
*''[[Abelia forrestii]]'' - (China)
*''[[Abelia integrifolia]] '' - (Japan)
*''[[Abelia integrifolia]] '' - (Japan)
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*''[[Abelia x grandiflora]]'', Glossy Abelia, Hort. ex. Bailey. The most widely grown Abelia is this hybrid of 2 parents from China (''Abelia chinensis'' x ''Abelia uniflora''). This is a rounded, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub with gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall, with ovate, glossy, dark green semi-evergreen leaves to 2-6 cm long, and clusters of white-tinged-pink, bell-shaped flowers to 2 cm long.
*''[[Abelia x grandiflora]]'', Glossy Abelia, Hort. ex. Bailey. The most widely grown Abelia is this hybrid of 2 parents from China (''Abelia chinensis'' x ''Abelia uniflora''). This is a rounded, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub with gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall, with ovate, glossy, dark green semi-evergreen leaves to 2-6 cm long, and clusters of white-tinged-pink, bell-shaped flowers to 2 cm long.
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==References==
==References==
==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=100018 Flora of China: ''Abeila'' species list]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=100018 Flora of China: ''Abeila'' species list]
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Abeila'']
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Abeila'']
*[http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0007-196X&volume=052&issue=02&page=0172 Two new species of Abelia]
*[http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0007-196X&volume=052&issue=02&page=0172 Two new species of Abelia]
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