Abelia mosanensis
Branch with inflorescences
The Korean Abelia ( Abelia mosanensis ) is a free-flowering shrub of the honeysuckle family ( Caprifoliaceae ). Its distribution area is located on the Korean Peninsula.
Description
The Korean Abelia is a deciduous, up to 2 meters high, breitwüchsiger, upright, loosely and irregularly growing shrub with erect to arching branches that are reddish young and initially hairy bristly. The nearly sessile leaves are narrow elliptic, 4-10 cm long, full leaves leaf blades. The upper leaf surface is glossy dark green, the orange-red fall color. The flowers are about 12 to 15 in 4 to 5 inches long doldenartigen tufts at the ends of short shoots. The individual flowers are white to pale pink, with stem plate-shaped crown. The corolla tube is 1 to 1.2 inches long and crimson. The hem is spread and 1.5 inches long. Bloom time is from May to June, but the type can nachblühen in summer.
Distribution and location
The natural range of the Korean Abelia is located in the temperate zone on the Korean peninsula. Where it grows in biodiversity-rich forests on fresh to moist, slightly acidic to alkaline, mostly loamy, good soils in sunny to shady light, cool - balanced locations. The species is frost hardy.
System
The Korean Abelia ( Abelia mosanensis ) is a species of the genus Abelia ( Abelia ) in the family of Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliaceae ), subfamily Linnaeoideae.
Use
The Korean Abelia is sometimes used for their decorative flowers as an ornamental plant.