Edward Goucher Abelia

Edward Goucher Abelia
Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher'
Height: 4 feet
Spread: 5 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 6
Description:
This compact and attractive shrub has beautiful deep
green glossy foliage and its mounded habit and tubular
shell pink and orange flowers make it the perfect
presentation for a smaller area
Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' in bloom
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Ornamental Features:
Edward Goucher Abelia features dainty clusters of
lightly-scented shell pink tubular flowers with orange
throats at the ends of the branches in mid summer. It has
attractive dark green foliage. The glossy oval leaves are
ornamentally significant and turn an outstanding
coppery-bronze in the fall. The fruit is not ornamentally
significant. The bark and indian red branches are not
particularly outstanding.
Landscape Attributes:
Edward Goucher Abelia is a multi-stemmed evergreen
shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends
into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two
finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective
composition.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and
upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to
avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a
good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and birds to
your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who
tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no
significant negative characteristics.
Edward Goucher Abelia is recommended for the following
landscape applications;
Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward
Goucher' flowers
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- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
- Hedges/Screening
Plant Characteristics:
Edward Goucher Abelia will grow to be about 4 feet tall at
maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to
the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require
facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under
ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately
30 years.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does
best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not
tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type
or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.
This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward
Goucher' foliage
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