Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Prostrate White Abelia
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Prostrate
Flowers: Flower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: small, funnel-shaped
Foliage: glossy, dark green leaves to 2 in. long • Foliage Shape: Ovate • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Light Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Green • Fall foliage: Green • Winter foliage: Green
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Moderate Growing • Size: Moderate grower to 18 to 24 inches tall, 4 to 5 feet wide.
Landscaping
Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . As a ground cover, space plants 5` apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun
Moisture: Water Requirements: Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: High:9 (20 to 30 F) Low:6 (-10 to 0 F) (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Abelia
()
- Specific epithet:
x grandiflora 'Prostrata'
- Cultivar:
Prostrata
- Botanical name: - Abelia x grandiflora 'Prostrata'
- Cultivar:
Prostrata
- Specific epithet:
x grandiflora 'Prostrata'
- Genus:
Abelia
(
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abelia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. biflora (Abelia) · A. chinensis (Chinese Abelia) · A. engleriana (Abelia) · A. floribunda (Mexican Abelia) · A. graebneriana (Abelia) · A. grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) · A. mosanensis (Hardy Abelia) · A. mosanensis 'Monia' (Bridal Bouquet® Abelia) · A. parvifolia 'Bumble Bee' (Abelia) · A. schumannii (Schumanns Abelia) · A. spathulata (Twin-Flowering Abelia) · A. triflora (Abelia) · A. uniflora (Abelia) · A. x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Dwarf' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Compacta' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Confetti' (Confetti Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' (Edward Goucher Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Francis Mason' (Golden Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Hopleys' (Glossy Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' (Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Prostrata' (Prostrate White Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' (Glossy Abelia) · A. × grandiflora 'Sherwoodii' (Sherwood Abelia) · A. x grandiflora 'Sunrise' (Sunrise Variegated Abelia) · A. zanderi (Glossy Abelia) · A. grandiflora (Glossy Abelia)
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Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 708761
