As its popularity has expanded, it is often available for purchase year-round. USDA hardiness Zones 6-9.Īvailability: Look for this cultivar at your local nursery, usually available in 5-gallon containers. Feed with a balanced fertilizer several times a year. Abelia × grandiflora Kaleidoscope Common name: Pronunciation: Family: Genus: Type: Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: Broadleaf evergreen to semi. In autumn, the yellow turns bright orange, and by winter it is mostly fiery red. In summer the bright yellow changes to golden yellow, and the centres turn deep green. The new growth in spring is bright yellow around the edges with light green in the centre of the leaves. Specimens naturally form a rounded, slightly wider form of roughly 3 feet high by 4 feet wide. Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope is a dwarf hybrid (70 x 90 cm) with ever-changing foliage. Amend the soil with compost or purchased soil amendments to add both nutrition and to break up the clayish soil that many of us have.
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uniflora.Ĭultivation: Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. ‘Kaleidoscope’ was discovered by Kent Bell of Marshville, N.C., in 1997 as a variegated branch sport of Abelia x grandiflora ‘Little Richard.’ Abelia x grandiflora itself is a cross between two Asian species, A. Clarke Abel, physician and naturalist who collected seeds and plants as part of a British expedition to China in 1817. Email: 'Kaleidoscope' abelia closeupĭid you know? The genus name honors Dr. Unlike many other shrubs, this Abelia’s foliage hugs the ground, meaning no unsightly bare branches.Įarl Nickel is an Oakland nurseryman and freelance writer. It provides a nice contrast to many green-leaved shrubs without dominating the landscape. You’ll want to feature this beauty near a walkway or path, or perhaps in the front yard. Blush-pink buds echo that color then open to pure white tubular flowers. As summer morphs into fall, gorgeous blends of greens, yellows, oranges and reds glimmer in the afternoon sun. In spring, yellow petals with lime-green centers and a hint of pink on the border sprout from red stems. No problem with this colorful beauty, and I would guess that most people buy it specifically for its ever-changing palette of colors. That means you have only the foliage the rest of the year. The delicately fragrant white flowers will perfume your yard. As a nurseryman, I’m always pointing out that with evergreen shrubs you have but two to three months of flowering. Abelia Kaleidoscope is also one of the longest flowering dwarf abelias on the market today.
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