Kaleidoscope Dwarf Abelia – 2 Gallon Pot

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Kaleidoscope Abelia provides constantly swirling color throughout all the seasons on evergreen foliage. It displays variegated bright yellow and green foliage during the warm season that changes to brilliant shades of red and deep orange during the winter months. Then, when soil starts to warm up in spring light orange new growth emerges that turns to yellow. The foliage does not bleach in the sun. 

But that’s not all. Kaleidoscope is in the Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) plant family, which explains why it produces fragrant tubular flowers. The small white flowers are someone lost against the bright foliage, however are produced throughout summer and into fall and are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. 

Kaleidoscope Abelia is a dwarf that naturally grows in a dense mound to 2.5 feet tall or so and 3 to 4 feet wide at maturity. That said, it responds very well to shearing so can be kept smaller with minimal pruning. We’re not that into the formal look so give ours a trim only one time a year in late winter, before new leaves begin to emerge.

Growing in a dense mound 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, Kaleidoscope Abelia has many, many uses in landscape design. It is ideal for use as a colorful accent or specimen in smaller landscape spaces and provides a stunning display of color when planted in groupings or mass plantings in larger landscape borders. Excellent for us in straight or staggered rows in home foundation plantings or in mass on sunny slopes, embankments and hillsides for erosion control. It shears well so is perfect for use as a low, formal hedge. Because it will tolerate part shade we often use it as an underplanting for small trees such as crape myrtle, Vitex (Chaste Tree) and taller growing Japanese maples. Stunning when planted near other plants and trees that have purple, red or dark green foliage, such as Loropetalums, purple leaved Crape myrtles, and red-leaved Japanese maples.

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