Propagation
Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during spring and semi hardwood cuttings during summer.


Culture
Abelia chinensis
As a hedge this plant 450mm (18in) apart and train to the appropriate height, between 1 to 2m (3 to 6ft) and lightly trim regularly during the growing period. As a shrub cut back hard after flowering to a node and this will encourage new growth and flowering. Unpruned shrubs become leggy and woody.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are ovate with a glossy green upper surface and a flat pale green underside. The petiole is short on the apex is acute to acuminate with finely serrated margins. During autumn the leaves turn an attractive bronze-purple colour which is a feature of the plant.

Flower: The funnelform flower consists of 5-petals that are tinged in pink. They are arranged in a terminal panicle and appearing in succession on the new growth and the five persistent oblanceolate calyx lobes turn pinkish. The flowers appear during mid summer.

Fruit: The small black berry is not commonly used and the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively.