Abelia x grandiflora

Taxobox
name = "Abelia × grandiflora"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Glossy Abelia ("Abelia × grandiflora")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Dipsacales
familia = Caprifoliaceae (Linnaeaceae)
genus = "Abelia"
hybrid = "A. × grandiflora"
binomial = "Abelia × grandiflora"
binomial_authority = (André) Rehd.

"Abelia × grandiflora" (Glossy Abelia) is a hybrid "Abelia", raised by hybridising "Abelia chinensis" with "A. uniflora". It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen multi-stemmed shrub with rounded, spreading, or gracefully arching branches to 1-1.8 m tall. The leaves are ovate, glossy, dark green, 2-6 cm long. The flowers are produced in clusters, white, tinged pink, bell-shaped, to 2 cm long. Unlike most flowering shrubs in cultivation, the Glossy Abelia blooms from late summer to well into the fall.

Cultivation and uses

"Abelia × grandiflora" was first raised at the Rovelli nursery by Lake Maggiore in Italy in 1886. It is used as an ornamental plant in specimen plantings in gardens, or in a mixed border with other shrubs. Propagation is by cuttings.

Synonyms include "Abelia rupestris" Hort., "Linnaea pringiana" Graebn, and "L. spaethiana" Graebn.

References

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* Lorenzi, H.; Souza, M.S. (2001) "Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras." [http://www.plantarum.com.br/ Plantarum] ISBN 85-86714-12-7