Delicate clusters of Abelia × grandiflora flowers with pale pink tubular blooms and reddish sepals growing against a white fence

Abelia × grandiflora (Glossy Abelia)

Name: Bogotá
Address: Bogotá, CO

Developed in Italy by crossing two Chinese species, this hybrid shrub usually grows 3 to 8 feet tall. It is semi-evergreen in mild climates and loses more of its leaves in colder conditions. Fragrant white or pale pink flowers have a funnel-shaped tube opening into five lobes. Pink to reddish sepals remain after the petals fall, extending the floral display. In the southern United States, flowering can continue from late spring into fall. It has naturalized in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The variegated cultivar ‘Hopleys’ has received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Photographed in Bogotá, Colombia and Virginia.

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Close-up of lavender-pink Abelia × grandiflora flowers blooming in a dense cluster against dark green foliage

White bell-shaped Abelia × grandiflora flowers in sunlight surrounded by dark green leaves

Cluster of white Abelia × grandiflora flowers with reddish sepals and green leaves in partial sunlight

Cluster of pale pink Abelia × grandiflora flowers with reddish sepals and variegated green-yellow leaves

Cluster of pale pink and lavender Abelia × grandiflora flowers surrounded by green foliage and fallen leaves in a garden setting

Close-up of white Abelia × grandiflora flowers with soft tubular petals and reddish bracts in bright garden sunlight

A rounded Abelia × grandiflora cluster with pale pink trumpet flowers and rose-colored calyces

An Abelia × grandiflora inflorescence bearing pale pink tubular flowers among deep rose calyces

Close-up of pale pink Abelia × grandiflora trumpet-shaped flowers with reddish sepals and glossy green leaves

Wide view of a large Abelia × grandiflora shrub covered in pale pink and white tubular flowers with dense green foliage in a sunlit garden

A variegated Abelia × grandiflora shrub covered with pale trumpet-shaped flowers and pink calyces