Glossy Abelia 'Rose Creek' (Abelia × grandiflora 'Rose Creek') brings long-season color and tidy structure to your landscape in a compact, low-mounded form. You get glossy green foliage that often emerges with a pinkish cast, deepens through summer, and can shift to purple-green tones as temperatures cool, plus clusters of mildly fragrant, tubular white flowers with rosy calyces that appear from spring well into fall.

Plant it in full sun to part shade. In brighter sun you can expect the heaviest flowering and the densest habit, while afternoon shade can help in hotter climates. Give it average to fertile, well-drained soil and water regularly the first season to establish a strong root system. Once established, it handles occasional dry periods well and works nicely on banks and slopes.

At maturity it typically stays in the 36-48 inch tall range, with a spreading habit that makes it useful for borders, foundations, mass plantings, and low hedging. It blooms on new wood, so you can prune as needed without sacrificing next season's flowers. In late winter or early spring, remove any dead or winter-damaged stems and lightly shape to maintain a neat mound.

Pollinators appreciate it: the long bloom season can draw butterflies, hummingbirds, and other garden visitors. Pair it with perennials and ornamental grasses for a mixed border, or use it as a repeatable evergreen-to-semi-evergreen accent where you want dependable texture and a long run of blooms.

Specifications

• Cold hardiness zone: 6-9 (-10 degrees F) - Contact your local extension to confirm hardiness if you are in a fringe zone (we cannot guarantee hardiness in fringe zones)
• Light: Full sun   Part sun
• Mature height: 36-48"
• Spread: 36-48"
• Tolerant of: Drought
• Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds
• Good for borders & edging: Yes
• Fragrant: Yes
• Long bloom time: Yes
• Good for slopes: Yes

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