Glossy abelia
Abelia × grandiflora (Rovelli ex André) Rehder
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 1.4 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Caprifoliaceae
Also called Glossy Abelia, Dwarf Glossy Abelia
Formerly Linnaea × grandiflora
When it flowers
Flowers August and November to May in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Nowhere: raised in cultivationKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension full, part; Wikipedia full
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 2.5–8 ft; Wikipedia 1–1.8 m
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: NC State Extension low; Wikipedia medium
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
American black nightshadeFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
Bearded irisFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
Blackberry LilyFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
Bull ThistleFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
Common Cat's-earFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
Common groundselFlowers June to July and September to October, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Finnish
- Isoabelia
- German
- Großblütige Abelie
- Russian
- абелия грандифлора, Абелия крупноцветковая
- Chinese (China)
- 大花糯米条
- Dutch
- Grootbloemige abelia
- French
- Abélie à grandes fleurs, Abélia à grandes fleurs
- Japanese
- ハナゾノツクバネウツギ, ハナツクバネウツギ, アベリア
- Chinese
- 大花六道木, 大花糯米条
- Estonian
- suureõieline abeelia
- Hebrew
- אבליה גדולת-פרחים
- Bulgarian
- Едноцветна абелия
- Serbian
- Крупноцветна абелија
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Abelia × grandiflora (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.