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Abelia grandiflora hybrid `Francis Mason`

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Abelia grandiflora hybrid `Francis Mason`
Family Caprifoliaceae
Genus Abelia
Species Abelia grandiflora hybrid
Common Name(s) Glossy abelia
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This species is probably the most popular and hardiest member of the Abelia family. It is evergreen to semi-evergreen and may be used as a pruned or unpruned hedge. It will bear profuse, fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers, tinged with pink from mid-spring to mid-autumn.

This variety is a bushy rounded evergreen shrub with ovate and yellow-green leaves. The flowers are axillary cymes or terminal panicles of white blooms, tinged with pink, in early summer to mid autumn. The shrub will grow to about 1.5m high and about 2m wide.

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Semi-moist conditions.
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Well drained clay soil.
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Foliage
Height (m) : 0.7 - 1.5
Spread (m) : 1 - 2
Growth Habit : Bushy
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Colour : Yellow, Green, Pink, White
Scent : Pleasant

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Flowering : Early Summer - Mid Autumn
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Colour : Pink, White
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Profusion : Profuse
Scent : Pleasant
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