Abelia Grandiflora Pruning

Prune them to the ground any time.

Abelia grandiflora pruning. These poke out of the plant s elegant mound shape. Cutting back abelia plants isn t strictly necessary. Dappled shade full sun hardiness. How to prune abelia 1. Abelias are very simple to prune. Perfect as a specimen plant or in. Genus abelia can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with paired or whorled leaves and axillary or terminal clusters of funnel shaped or trumpet shaped flowers in summer and autumn sometimes with conspicuous colourful calyces.

Abelia looks best when allowed to retain its natural shape and size. If you want a hands off approach to your shrub that s fine. It will leave a slightly regular shaped shrub hedge but this will soon change as the new shoots emerge. You may find yourself going back to remove excess growth later in the season if you don t use this trick when you think you re done pruning. South facing west facing. However an annual abelia pruning will go a long way toward keeping your plant compact and neat looking especially if it s had a hard winter. How to grow abelia grandiflora.

An abelia sometime grows long leggy stems called water spouts from the center of the shrub. Well drained light sandy. Abelia blossoms on new wood so avoid pruning. Grandiflora is a medium sized semi evergreen shrub to 3m with arching branches bearing small glossy. Prune abelia to maintain size and. Glossy abelia kaleidoscope abelia x grandiflora kaleidoscope pp16988 grows up to 24 30 in. Abelias grown as a hedge are best thought of as informal rather than neat and tidy.

Tall 60 75 cm and 3 4 ft. A full sun or part shade lover this plant is easily grown in average medium moisture well drained soils. Pruning abelia hedges this light trimming can be carried out with a pair of shears right after flowering has finished. Remove dead wood and damaged stems from your abelia whenever you notice them. X grandiflora blooms on new wood prune in late winter to early spring before new growth emerges so that flowers are not sacrificed. Snip the stems at ground level if the. Prune abelia for general maintenance in late winter or early spring.