Edward Goucher Pink Abelia

If you are searching for a hardy and easy-to-grow shrub that fills a variety of needs within the landscape and adds color year-round and fragrant blooms, then look no further because Edward Goucher Pink Abelia is the plant for you. The shrub grows the tallest in its warmest hardiness zones, averaging around 8 feet tall and wide at maturity. Although those living in cooler areas will not be disappointed because it still obtains a height and width of 3 feet or more.

• Produces showy, fragrant pinkish-lavender flowers spring through fall
• Flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies
• Dramatic color year-round
• Useful as specimen or informal hedge
• Low-maintenance requirements

Edward Goucher Pink Abelia grows well in a range of light conditions from full sun to partial shade. However, it produces the most abundance of blooms planted where it receives more sun. The funnel-shaped, pinkish-lavender flowers with yellowish-orange throats and pink sepals are quite showy and fragrant, forming in clusters and are around 3/4 inches long. The shrub starts putting on its flowering show in springtime and continues to fall.