BRIGHT VARIEGATED LEAVES WITH ABUNDANT WHITE BLOOMS
FEATURES:
- Compact, semi-evergreen shrub with vibrant red and orange fall colors
- Fragrant, white flowers last into fall and pop against the colors of the foliage
- Use this colorful shrub as a focal point in your foundation landscape or to add a bold splash of color around your patio
- This fast growing shrub will make a blazing statement in your landscape in its first summer when planted in groups
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 6-9
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 3-4' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 3-5' apart
BRIGHT VARIEGATED LEAVES WITH ABUNDANT WHITE BLOOMS
FEATURES:
- Compact, semi-evergreen shrub with vibrant red and orange fall colors
- Fragrant, white flowers last into fall and pop against the colors of the foliage
- Use this colorful shrub as a focal point in your foundation landscape or to add a bold splash of color around your patio
- This fast growing shrub will make a blazing statement in your landscape in its first summer when planted in groups
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 6-9
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 3-4' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 3-5' apart
Why plant Kaleidoscope Abelia?
Color for days! Kaleidoscope is the variegated Abelia that you didn't realize your landscape was missing until now. A great addition to small landscapes or patio containers, this variegated beauty offers lime-green/yellow foliage in the spring which turns into blazing orange and red hues in the fall. One of the longest blooming Abelias on the market, you'll enjoy the small white blooms nestled in the variegated foliage from Spring until Fall! Not only is this shrub very hardy, but drought and excessive heat don't keep Kaleidoscope down and out. Plant this blazing beauty today and watch as your landscape explodes into a kaleidoscope of color!
Abelias are a member of the honeysuckle family and have delightfully fragrant flowers. They originated in eastern China and were brought to England in 1844. They were found to be an easy care and charming shrub, with attractive foliage and a long bloom time. Kaleidoscope Abelia outdoes itself in the attractive foliage department, starting out lime green and yellow in spring, adding golden highlights in summer and finally putting on a grand orange and red display in fall.
How to use Kaleidoscope Abelia in the landscape?
Kaleidoscope is the longest blooming of the Abelias, with fragrant white flowers covering the shrub from late spring well into fall. Add in the array of colors produced by the leaves - green, yellow, gold, orange, and red - and you've got a winner!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 6-9
How To Plant Kaleidoscope Abelia
Kaleidoscope Abelia is a low maintenance plant and is generally disease and pest free. It likes full sun or part shade, but will produce more flowers and leaf coloration when grown in full sun. Kaleidoscope grows readily in moist well-drained soils and likes to be sheltered from hard freezes. Water once a week, or more if grown in containers. The flowers bloom on new wood, so prune as needed in late winter or early spring.
How To Water
Water twice weekly for the first 3-5 weeks; then water weekly for the remainder of the year until winter. When you water, water slowly and thoroughly. Watering needs may be altered due to extreme weather conditions.
How To Fertilize
Incorporate Elements Starter Plant food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant food granular form on an annual basis each late year. Continue this for three years to get your plant well established.
How To Prune
Abelia flowers on new wood so prune/shear your Abelia in very early spring before the new growth starts.
