Height: 30 inches
Spread: 4 feet
Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 6a

Description:
This impressive compact shrub has brilliant yellow-gold and deep green variegated foliage and lovely white flowers in summer and fall. It is resistant to leaf fade and scorch and delivers a dazzling performance all season long.

Ornamental Features:
Kaleidoscope Abelia features dainty clusters of lightly-scented white tubular flowers at the ends of the branches from mid summer to early fall, emerging from distinctive pink flower buds. It has attractive gold-variegated green foliage with hints of pink. The glossy oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding burgundy in fall, which persists throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes:
Kaleidoscope Abelia is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Kaleidoscope Abelia is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting

Planting & Growing:
Kaleidoscope Abelia will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. Keep it away from hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH and is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Kaleidoscope Abelia makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as a "filler" or as a "thriller" in the "spiller-thriller-filler" container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. It is sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag. Outdoor containers and baskets may require more frequent watering than plants grown in the yard or garden.