When this time of the year rolls around, I feel compelled to write about plants that can withstand the summer heat. As I was driving through town recently, a planting of kaleidoscope abelia caught my ...

Few shrubs are as versatile in the landscape as Abelia. These handsome evergreen shrubs tolerate a range of growing conditions, seamlessly transitioning between sunny beds and shady gardens to provide ...

What: The foliage of this almost whimsical abelia is transformed by a kaleidoscope of colors over the course of spring, summer and fall. In early spring, the leaves of Abelia x grandiflora ...

Its durability and foliage that seems to be ever-changing in shades of green, yellow, red and orange makes the abelia kaleidoscope a winner in the garden. If you think the abelia is ho-hum, then you ...

Move over Edward Goucher, there is a new abelia in town. Actually there are several abelias that will absolutely take this from a ho-hum shrub to one that is dazzling in the landscape. All of a sudden ...

CHELSEA, plant detective, is on the case again! I look good in a trench coat. This week I've been rediscovering the perfect small hedge plant. Over the years people's favourites have included plants ...

Abelias are graceful shrubs that deserve wider use in the landscape. They tolerate a range of light conditions, seamlessly bridging sunny and shady areas of the landscape to create harmonious ...

Shrubs are the workhorses of the garden. If you choose carefully, i.e., play your cards right, you’ve designed a low-maintenance garden with a handful of ideally-suited flowering shrubs. No, really.