24+ Abelia Edward Goucher

Hardy to usda zone 6 less hardy and shows more winter defoliation than abelia grandiflora a hybrid betweena grandiflora anda.

Abelia edward goucher. Edward goucher typically grows 2 3 tall in the st. Louis area and produces gracefully arching branches. A well proved resilient plant. This plant attracts butterflies to your garden. Details edward goucher is a compact bushy shrub flowering on many somewhat arching stems. The abundant flowers are lilac pink while the calyx lobes surrounding them are bronze tinged enhancing the bloom colour. In midsummer abundant clusters of lilac pink funnel shaped flowers adorn the bush until fall.

Abelia edward goucher is an attractive semi evergreen shrub featuring graceful arching branches. Small pink flowers adorn it all summer long. Features clusters of lavender pink funnel shaped flowers to 3 4 long with orangish yellow throats. Flowers bloom from mid summer into fall. Developed by edward goucher at the usda station in glen dale maryland raised in 1911. It grows somewhat taller to 5 tall in the warm winter climates of the south usda zones 8 9. It makes an eye catching display.

Clark abel 1780 1826 who introduceda. One of the glossy abelias it has semi evergreen foliage with a bronze tinge when young.