Landscape Shrub Kaleidoscope Abelia

Abelia x grandiflora kaleidoscope plant patent 16 988 sku 2834 bright golden yellow variegation on medium green leaves along with brilliant red stems creates a striking kaleidoscope of color.

Landscape shrub kaleidoscope abelia. The bright leaves would make an attractive plant even without the abundance of white flowers that decorate this shrub all summer long. Kaleidoscope is as versatile as it is colorful with chameleon like foliage that changes with the seasons from golden yellow in spring to orange red in fall. The evergreen abelia has red foliage throughout the summer becoming even deeper and more brilliant in autumn through winter. Like a starlet perpetually striving for best dressed status kaleidoscope abelia abelia x grandiflora kaleidoscope updates its wardrobe from season to season.

Emerging bright yellow and lime green in spring its glossy oval leaves turn golden yellow in summer before taking on glowing orange and fiery red hues in fall. To create this unique hybrid abelia chinensis and abelia uniflora were carefully cross pollinated. Compact in size this little shrub packs a lot of punch. A low compact selection that works well as a foundation plant low hedge or for use in patio containers.

A hearty shrub abelia can grow densely enough to become a hedging or screening plant in the yard a coveted characteristic in southern landscape design. Foliage abelia kaleidoscope has exquisitely variegated leaves of vibrant green centers and bright yellow edges in spring followed by golden yellow foliage in summer. Changing color over the seasons abelia grandiflora kaleidoscope glossy abelia is a dwarf variegated semi evergreen shrub. Abelia is an ornamental shrub that is under appreciated and underused in many parts of the country and is worth a second look.

The red stemmed shrub s lemon bordered chartreuse spring foliage switches deep green with creamy or golden yellow edges in summer. Kaleidoscope abelia is a specific abelia x grandiflora hybrid cultivar. Abelia x grandiflora kaleidoscope pp16988 looking for a dwarf easy care evergreen shrub that flowers and provides year long color. Some grow low enough to the ground to be effective ground cover or plantings for sloping and hilly areas.

Grown for its attractive foliage and exceptionally long bloom time it is virtually maintenance free once established. There are other cultivars of abelia x grandiflora but by far the most popular is this one for its colorful hues.