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    • Photo of Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' landscape by Karl Gercens III

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    Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

    Plant type

    shrub

    size

    • H: 2'-3'
    • W: 2'-4'

    planting zones

    • 6a-10a

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    Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' plant details

    Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer pink and white flowers emerge. Features glossy texture. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, clay, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

    Plant type: shrub
    Plant family: caprifoliaceae
    Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen green
    Mature size: 2 FT - 4 FT - wide, 2 FT - 3 FT - tall
    Flowers: pink and white blooms in fall, spring and summer
    Uses: border plant, compact, container plant, floriferous, fragrant, mounding, red stems, winter interest, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

    USDA Zones: 6a - 10a
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: regular - low
    Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat and humidity
    Soil needs: average, clay, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    The most compact (rounded 2-3') Abelia. The glossy evergreen foliage of this tidy elegant foundation/container/border shrub turns purple in winter while its fragrant white flowers are a summer treat. S-PSh/M PPAF

    By: Forestfarm

    Rose Creek Abelia is a dense, compact evergreen shrub. This low maintenance shrub has a long bloom season with profuse clusters of white flowers. The foliage takes on a glossy purple green color in fall. Rose Creek Abelia is deer and pest resistant, and adapt to a wide range of soil conditions.

    By: Maples N More Nursery

    A dense, compact shrub with with dark green leaves, dramatic red stems and slightly fragrant white flowers in summer. Plant as a low hedge, a container plant or mass plantings. Semi evergreen foliage can take on a purplish tint in winter. 'Rose Creek' is a low maintenance shrub which can be used in mass plantings along banks as a tall ground cover.

    By: The Kinsey Family Farm

    Don't really know who the daddy is, but the eagle eye of Mike Dirr chose this seedling grown from Abelia chinensis seed pollinated by other Abelia cultivars. Selected for its low mounding and compact growth habit, crimson stem color and profuse flowering. White flowers are set off by mauve-rose sepals for a two-tone effect. Abelia is one of the few woody plants that will keep blooming for most of the summer. Makes a nice low hedge in that shady spot.

    By: Deer Country Gardens

    Rose Creek Abelia is extremely dense and compact growing?very tidy for an Abelia. It has a long and prolific bloom season over most of the summer and into the fall. Flowers on Rose Creek bloom white over pink sepals. The evergreen leaves develop a purplish tinge in cold weather. 2-3 foot tall and 3-4 wide in maturity

    By: Fantastic Plants

    Glossy rich green new growth with pink overtones emerges in spring and matures to a glossy dark green in summer and returns to its colorful side in fall when it reverts to purple-green in fall and winter. Clusters of fragrant, 1/2", white, bell shaped flowers are born from May to frost. A tough and durable evergreen shrub. An open pollinated seedling (along with 'Rose Creek') of Abelia chinense and selected through Michael Dirr's breeding program at UGA. Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs. Adapatable to a variety of soil conditions.

    By: Almost Eden

    Very tidy evergreen mound, very floriferous, very useful shrub. Cross with A chinensis makes it fragrant and pink toned, too! Probably will find great popularity.

    By: Specialty Ornamentals

    A wonderful Abelia selected by Michael Dirr with a low mounding habit with white flowers and crimson red stems. This is the first clone released from his breeding program at the University of Georgia. Although more floriferous early in the season, even when the white corollas are sparse or gone, the reddish-pink calyx is very showy. More restrained growth than many hybrid species clones and that can be useful. Especially rich Fall colors, becoming glossy purple green.

    By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

    Gardening facts about Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' plant

    How to Grow Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • regular - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • clay
      • adaptable
      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant
      • humidity tolerant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • white
      • pink

    • Wildlife

      • bees
      • butterflies
      • hummingbirds
      • deer resistant
      • rabbit resistant

    • Flower Season

      • fall
      • spring
      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen
      • semi-evergreen

    • Texture

      • glossy

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