Abelia ('Minedward') PETITE GARDEN'®

Abelia ('Minedward') PETITE GARDEN'®
abelia

SIZE/TYPE	small shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.3-0.8m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-0.8m
LEAVES	semi-deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	lilac
BLOOMING TIME	July - October
LOCATION	full sun
SOIL TYPE	acidic (peaty)
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)	6b (down to -21°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf Summer blooms

Looking for the most spectacular trees and shrubs with eye-catching flowering one tends to forget the smaller ones, which are none the less diligent or beautiful. Just like abelias. These semi-evergreen, exceptionally evergreen shrubs are maintenance-free plants of high value owing to its profuse flowering.

Petite Garden^® is a novelty of 2010. This abelia makes a dense shrub growing lower than its parents, only about 1m tall. It produces masses of lilac-pink flowers from early summer to autumn. Leaves are deep green and glossy. This abelia is considered to be a semi-evergreen shrub, however, in mild winters it may keep most of its foliage while in harsh winters the leaves will fall down completely and new ones will emerge in spring.

Abelias are soil tolerant but will thrive in good, moist well-drained soil, preferably acidic for best leaf colour. Find them a location in full sun and, if possible, sheltered from drying winds. This variety is too new and has not been tested under all possible conditions but is supposed to survive -20°C (USDA 6b).

Last update 28-07-2010

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.