Named after a British physician Dr. Clarke Abel. \u00a0This genus contains 30 species ornamental evergreen and deciduous shrubs. \u00a0This genus belongs to Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family. Found in Northern Hemisphere, from eastern Asia to Mexico.<\/p>\n
These plants usually have glossy opposite leaves and funnel form or tubular flowers usually white or pinkish sometimes with orange blotches, some also have reddish sepals, which add to their ornamental appeal.<\/p>\n
Can be individual planted or as a hedge. Abelia\u2019s thrive in any well-drained and moderately fertile soil, either sun or slight shade. \u00a0Abelia\u2019s are moderately frost hardy, so sheltered away from cold\/drying winds. Best pruned in late fall, cut flowering branches and some older growth to ground, keep arching habit.<\/p>\n
Prone to anthracnose, leaf spots, powdery mildew<\/i><\/em>, and\u00a0fungal root rots <\/i><\/em>occur.<\/p>\n A. Schumannii – A. longituba\u00a0 – <\/b><\/strong>Schumann<\/b><\/strong> <\/b>Abelia<\/b><\/strong>– Named after Dr. Karl Schumann, a nineteenth century German Botanist. It is native to Western and central China. \u00a0Grows about 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide. \u00a0Young shoots are reddish the leaves are oval about 1\/2″\u00a0long and are bronze to pale green at first but become a dull green. \u00a0The flowers appear on the upper part of the cane, producing a succession of showy bell shape, lilac-pink slightly scented flowers form early spring to early fall<\/p>\n Zones 7-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abelia – Named after a British physician Dr. Clarke Abel. \u00a0This genus contains 30 species ornamental evergreen and deciduous shrubs. \u00a0This genus belongs to Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family. Found in Northern Hemisphere, from eastern Asia to Mexico. These plants usually have glossy opposite leaves and funnel form or tubular flowers usually white or pinkish sometimes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[76,51,21,41,23,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251174"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}