Mundi Plantarum

Abelia x grandiflora 'Sparkling Silver' ®

Famille: 
Caprifoliaceae

  • Les jardins du florilège

 

Dwarf Abelia in a compact and dense ball. Finely variegated foliage of cream. White flowers in summer. Height 50cm.

Classification

Trees and shrubs

Climat

Zone 8: from -12°C to -7°C

Couleur de feuille

  • Silver
  • Variegated
  • Green

Couleur de fleur

  • White

Exposition

  • Sheltered winds
  • Sunny

Taille

50 to 100cm
1 to 2m

Intérêts remarquables

  • Foliage
  • Flower

Utilisation au jardin

  • Massif
  • Pot and tray (terrace and balcony)
  • Rockery

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

  • ORIGIN: Horticultural introduction.
  • CLIMATE: Resistant to -10 ° C. Well resistant to drought.
  • EXPOSURE : Very sunny and warm.
  • SOIL: Well drained.
  • GROWTH: Slow to moderate.
  • PATHOLOGY:
  • MULTIPLICATION: By cuttings of young soft stems in spring.
  • PRUNING : It only needs a little cleaning at the end of the winter.
  • USE: Rockery, flowerbed.
  • MERIT:
  • SYNONYMOUS :

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

  • DIMENSIONS: Height 50cm.
  • HABIT: Bush dwarf, dense and compact, wider than high.
  • TRUNK:
  • BARK:
  • BRANCHES:
  • NOTE:

LEAVES PHYSIOLOGY

  • SHAPE: Small single leaves, opposite.
  • COLOR: Green finely variegated with white-cream. New shoots totally creams.
  • BUDS:
  • STOMATA:
  • NOTE: Evergreen to semi-evergreen.

FLOWERS PHYSIOLOGY

  • TIME: July to October.
  • SHAPE: Tubular bells.
  • COLOR: White slightly pink.
  • NOTE:

FRUITS PHYSIOLOGY

  • SHAPE: Akene with a single seed. Insignificant.
  • COLOR:
  • SEEDS:
  • NOTE: