Kaleidoscope®: Abelia is recommended for the following landscape applications: It has no significant negative characteristics. It is a good choice for attracting birds, bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. In the fall, they are stunning yellow, orange and red.Kaleidoscope® Abelia is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. As they age they mellow to shades of gold and darker green. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Deciduous Semi-evergreen Leaf Color: Gold/Yellow Green Variegated Leaf Feel: Glossy Leaf Value To Gardener: Showy Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Gold/Yellow Orange Red/Burgundy Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Ovate Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: 1-3 inches Leaf Width: Flowers: Flower Color: White Flower Inflorescence: Cyme Flower Value To Gardener: Fragrant Long-lasting Flower Bloom Time: Fall Spring Summer Flower Shape: Bell Tubular Flower Description: Pinkish buds open to white bell-shaped flowers in terminal cymes and in upper leave axils.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Ground Cover Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Deciduous Semi-evergreen Habit/Form: Dense Mounding Prostrate Growth Rate: Medium Texture: Fine.Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): Deer Dimensions: Height: 2 ft. Attributes: Genus: Abelia Family: Caprifoliaceae Life Cycle: Woody Wildlife Value: Attracts birds butterflies and bees.Tags: #drought tolerant #nectar plant #winter interest #fall interest #accent plant #ncemgva2018 #dainty #showstopper #variegated #pollinator plant #bird friendly #bee friendly #container plant #coastal plant #long lived #wildlife friendly See this plant in the following landscapes: Patio Room Courtyard Entrance Garden Backyard Respite Landscape Foundation Planting: Back of House Cultivars / Varieties: More information on Linnaea x grandiflora. It does well in coastal gardens as an accent or container plant. Its low spreading growth habit makes this evergreen plant a perfect gound-covering shrub. 'Kaleidoscope' can be used in a variety of ways. In addition to the fantastic foliage, this plant has numerous dainty white tubular flowers that emerge in summer.Įstablished plants are rather drought tolerant. The plant changes color from a wonderful gold leaf margin in the spring that intensifies through summer, and bursts into shades of red, orange, yellow and green for late fall and winter. Its name alone indicates the range of color found on the foliage of this low, compact shrub. 'Kaleidoscope' offers great excitement to all gardeners. This shrub was discovered as a branch sport or mutation at a Piedmont North Carolina plant nursery. Phonetic Spelling LIN-ay-ee-uh gran-dih-FLOR-uh Description
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