Abelia x grandiflora ‘Rose Creek’ | Abelia ‘Rose Creek’

‘Rose Creek’ is a compact, dense, low-mounded hybrid featuring red stems and glossy button-like leaves which emerge with pink tinting in spring before turning an attractive dark green. This shrub typically matures to 2-3’ tall and to 3-4’ wide. It is evergreen in USDA Zones 7-9 where leaves turn interesting shades of soft purple-green in winter. Tubular, fragrant, white flowers (to 1/2” long) subtended by rosy sepals bloom in late spring to early summer, with some continued bloom occurring throughout summer into fall. Suitable as a hedge plant.

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Photo courtesy of Johnson Nursery Corporation