If you’re seeking a flowering shrub that offers stunning colors throughout the seasons, is deer-resistant, low-maintenance, and great for pollinators, Abelia may be your perfect match. Here are some of the best varieties available at Meadows Farms that you need to consider:
Kaleidoscope Abelia
Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a versatile, low-growing shrub that delivers vibrant colors from spring to fall. With greenish-yellow foliage in the spring, gold in summer, and burnt reds in fall, this evergreen beauty also produces small, white blooms in summer. It’s perfect for low hedges or groundcover, growing to 2-3 feet wide.
Edward Goucher Abelia
This compact hybrid of Abelia Grandiflora grows 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, with glossy bronze-tinged leaves and lilac-pink blooms that last from mid-summer through fall. It thrives in light shade to full sun, offering year-round appeal and minimal maintenance.
Abelia Grandiflora (Glossy Abelia)
With its attractive dark green, glossy foliage and fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers, Abelia Grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) thrives in full sun or part shade. This semi-evergreen shrub grows to 3-6 feet tall and wide and is great for attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies.
Abelia Rose Creek
Abelia ‘Rose Creek’ features glossy green foliage that turns shades of bronze and burgundy in fall and winter. Its white flowers mixed with rose-colored sepals create a striking effect, perfect for small gardens. It grows to around 4 feet tall and wide, or smaller if trimmed.
Abelia Sunshine Daydream
A moderate grower, ‘Sunshine Daydream’ displays a stunning mix of pink, white, and green foliage that turns golden yellow with hints of pink throughout the season. It also produces fragrant white flowers in summer and is heat and drought-tolerant, making it an easy-care addition to any garden.
Abelia Varieties Available at Meadows Farms
Remember, the Astilbe listed above are just a selection of the varieties that Meadows Farms carries. Please call your local Meadows Farms for other varieties or special requests.
Hi, I live in Phoenix. Could you recommend the most heat tolerant of these abelias? Or, do they all need some shade? Our summers can be brutal but maybe when established it will still perform…..
JoAnne
Which varietal is the abelia in the lead photo? It looks the most like a beautiful tree in my neighbor’s yard that spills over our fence. It looks a bit different than the other photos. It also blooms spectacularly in late spring (New England) and is highly fragrant. Thanks!
Are all abelias fragrant?
I live near Clearwater Fl. and would like to have a hedge of Abelia’s of different variety in full afternoon sun. I would like to invite butterflies,bees,hummingbirds to my yard .This hedge can not be more than 4 feet tall.Can this be done with low maintenance? Thanks
I have a very tall privet hedge border on a corner lot. The corner area is deep and stemmy at the base. Would an abelia provide interest and color to this corner?
I have planted Abelia looked like compact type in sandy clay soil.It had pink blooms when I planted 2 years ago.Survived the winter in northern virginia but other than round growth it hasnt bloom at all.I love the fragrant blooms and attracting the wildlife birds and bees I would like to plant more abelias that grow more like bush instead compact.But I also need to figure out why my compact abelia hasnt bloom?any advise ? Thank you in advance
I’m looking for an abelia that is native to Virginia and not a cultivar. Which do you recommend?
I live in ND Florida, zone 8, and am thinking of replacing holly hedge with Anemia, not more than 5′ high to make pining easy.
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Hi,
We’ve got a few 2-3ft Abelias in front of our townhouse that have been there for many years. (planted by previous owner) We’ve lived here 6 years and honestly not done much with the front plot, since our community uses a once a week landscaping company for general maintenance (has changed companies many times). We noticed them looking scraggly last fall and carefully pruned off some lichen infected branches and dead growth in January. There is now more linchen and bright green moss as well on many of the branches and I’m finding conflicting info for care on the internet. They are also in the shade until about 3/4pm each day and this winter replaced the mulch the landscaping company put down because it was growing white mold….. So my question is: should we prune these plants down to nubs and hope for regrowth? Will they ever really thrive in such a shady area or should we try to transplant to a sunnier area? OR are they doomed and we should bite the bullet and rip them out?
I have Kaleidascope Abelia had very cold spell with temps low as 12 below 0, are my plant likely to survive? Not looking good now!
I love the Kaleidoscope abelias, but having a challenge finding it in local nurseries. I did find the Canyon creek abelia. What is the difference between the two?
Do abelias lose their foliage in the winter
I am searching for dwarf abelia for a circular flower bed and am finding only varieties that grow taller than I want. Can you recommend an abelia that is small. I’m hoping for one with pink flowers and glossy green leaves but size is the most important factor. I live in zone 8.
I’m looking for a fragrant abelia that would do well in morning sun in New Hampshire zone 5.
Hi Mike, I’m in Palo Alto CA. I think it is zone 9b? Looking for an Abelia that will be predominantly evergreen and will tolerate full sun mostly all day. I want to use it as a border enclosure/hedge/fence in very small front yard (300-350 sq. ft.) where it meets the sidewalk. I can’t let it get over 5 feet tall. Very clay soil. I love this plant so much and would like to make it work but it may be too much all day sun?
Thank you for any input. Ryna
Thank you Mike, that is helpful. I was hoping to plant the Glossy Abelia but if it grows too tall that will be a problem. Spread is not the problem, it’s the height since it’s next to the city sidewalks and there are height restrictions. But I’m hoping to block out views from all passerby traffic due to my small tiny house is only 18ft from the sidewalk and has no privacy. In you experience, is there an Abelia that will definitely grow to 5ft if well cared for? Thanks again!
Can a Kaleidoscope Abelia be trained to get taller then 3′ ?
Does the Rose Creek Abelia attract humming birds, butterflies and bees? Is it an evergreen?
Are there any abelias that can survive Michigan temps? I think we are zone zone 5 although our winters have been significantly milder over the years. We had abelia in NC and loved how maintenance free they were!
can abelia be in intense afternoon sun? from about 1pm on.
My husband and I just bought a new home and believe we have two abelia shrubs. One is larger than the other because one is growing under the canopy of a tree. I trimmed down some of the scragglier branches just this last week (11th of September) but then read you should prune in late winter or early spring. I want to keep these shrubs around 2 1/2 ft. tall and wide because they’re in a raised landscaped bed next to the house. I need to know how far back should I trim them this coming winter/spring? I plan on pruning out all the old dead branches and also taking down the branches to the ground that produce the top sprouts that grow wildly out of top of the shrub to keep it more in check. Appreciate any help with your knowledge as I’m not that familiar with abelias. It’s it full bloom now and is absolutely beautiful do would hate to lose it from any mishandling on my part. Thank you.
I just planted four Abelias in my yard. I am worried about them because they are in a pretty much fully shaded area. Maybe receiving one hour of part sun a day because I have a massive willow oak tree in my yard that doesn’t let much sun through. How do you think they will do in this location? Do you think it is worth it to try and grow them in this location?
I live in zone 8a (N. Texas) and would like to grow an Abelia on the NW corner of my house where the 8 ft fence meets the house. This area is in shade until 1:00 pm and then is in part sun/part shade until 5:00 pm at which time it’s then in full sun. Would this plant grow well in those conditions?
Are there any Abelias that do not get over 4′ tall without pruning?
We live in California by Silicon Valley.We have Abella Grandifloras that surround the Patiola in the backyard. They are planted by the fence so they get plenty of sunlight in the morning and just a little in the afternoon. They bear flowers all year round but from April to October they produce more flowers. We have built in irrigation system which automatically water the plants every other day but on summer time we water them daily between 7pm to 8pm during the sunset. We have them for a year now and they have long stems now so what I did, I tied the long stems at the middle of the shrubs and right now they look like fountain of flowers. They attract lots of white butterflies and bees, so amazing and relaxing to look at.