Abelias do not like constantly soggy soil. Plant Kaleidoscope Abelia in locations that provide well-drained soils and full sun. It's dense, mounding habit make Kaleidoscope Abelia a good selection for foundation plantings, around decks and patios, or in small to large groupings on slopes or in landscape beds and borders. Small white flowers produced throughout summer and into fall are mildly fragrant, attract butterflies, and are a nice contrast to the foliage. It has shown excellent resistance to drought, disease, insects and deer. Kaleidoscope Abelia is one of the most colorful, eyectaching ornamental plants in our gardens - it really packs a wallup! It is an exceptionally durable and astonishingly beautiful evergreen shrub with constantly swirling color throughout all the seasons on evergreen foliage. It displays variegated bright yellow and green foliage during the warm season that then turns outstanding shades of red and deep orange during the winter months. If you like fragrance, Abelia Grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' has fragrant flowers.Ībelia Kaleidoscope can be useful in the landscape in mass plantings, in foundation plantings, in shrub borders, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, as an accent, in landscape beds or islands, to accentuate entryways, in small groupings, as a hedge or in medians and also in rock or xeriscape gardens or theme gardens. It attracts butterflies and visual attention and is resistant to deer, drought, insects, diseases, mildew and heat. The foliage is yellow, red, orange and dark green in color. In the summer and fall Abelia Kaleidoscope produces white flowers. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, morning sun with afternoon shade or morning shade with afternoon sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. It matures to an average height of 2 feet to 3 feet and an average width of 3 feet to 4 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Abelia Grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' is a fast and moderate growing shrub that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6A through 9B.
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