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Zabelia corymbosa

Zabelia corymbosa is a Central Asian shrub in the honeysuckle family, reaching 3 to 4 metres, with pink-tinged white tubular flowers. It is a hardy, tolerant shrub best grown in a sunny spot with well-drained soil.

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once established it copes with moderate dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil, tolerant of a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C in established plants; protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. Asia to Afghanistan
Climate
temperate

About

Zabelia corymbosa (synonym Abelia corymbosa) is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is native to Central Asia, where it occurs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

This is a shrub growing up to 3 to 4 meters tall. The dull green, oval-shaped leaves vary in size. Tubular flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils. The flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and are a pink-tinged white in color.

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Fragrant Abelia · Zabelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zabelia corymbosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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