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| 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==

<!--- 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  -->