This shrub has multiple upright arching reddish-brown cane-like stems that form dense rounded habit. It has small dark green ovate leaves that are bronze when young and the small lilac-pink funnel-shaped flowers appear in late summer.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Abelia schumanniiis naturally found in iChina growing in western Sichuan in the mountains and along the dry valleys or beside river banks at an altitude from 1,200 - 3,600m (10,000ft).

It grows in well drained moderately fertile sandy-stony to clay loams with a pH 6.1-7.8. It prefers a sunny to semi-shaded open position and is drought and frost tolerant.

This Abelia is grown for its dense habit and is planted in bordersfor screening or as an informal hedge. It is suitable for coastal and inland gardens establishing in 2 to 4 years. It is also planted in parks and gardens as a specimen, tolerating cool climatic conditions. ID 2224

Abelia(a-BEE-lee-uh) schumannii (sho-mahn-ee-eye)

Named after K. M. Schumann (1851-1904, Germany

Caprifoliaceae (cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee)