ABELIA SCHUMANNI.
All the abolias are very delightful st-nbs, flowering mostly towards the end of summer, and the one under notice is a fine acquisition to the genus. The colour of the flowers is a rosylilac, and they are freely produced. The leaves are ovate and opposite; and are often tinted with bronze. The blooms appear at the ends of the shoots, tho side growths also living their flowers, making the plant very floriferous. It forms a spreading shrub of a rather pendulous habit, making itself an ideal subject for clothing a largo stone or boulder on the rock garden. The whole plant is very distinct. It. is easily propagated from, cuttings, and commences to flower when- only a few inches in height. It is a native of China v
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 7
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130ABELIA SCHUMANNI. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 7
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