If you’re looking for a landscape workhorse that works overtime without demanding a paycheck, let me introduce you to glossy abelia (Abelia × grandiflora). In a world of finicky, one-hit-wonder plants, abelia is a breath of fresh air. It pumps out fragrant, pale pink, tubular flowers from the dog days of July right up until…

If you’ve got an abelia sitting out in your landscape—whether it’s a classic Glossy Abelia, a flashy ‘Kaleidoscope’, or a compact ‘Rose Creek’—you already know they are absolute workhorses. Most of the year, these shrubs just do their thing, pumping out sweet little flowers and surviving whatever crazy weather the seasons throw at them. But…

If there’s one shrub that earns its keep in the American landscape, it’s Abelia. Whether you are growing the dazzling, color-shifting foliage of ‘Kaleidoscope’, the reliable and compact ‘Rose Creek’, or the crisp, bright leaves of ‘Radiance’, these plants are absolute workhorses. They give us glossy foliage, an incredibly long bloom season, and a sweet…

If you are looking for a landscape shrub that is incredibly forgiving of a pair of pruners, you found it in the Abelia. These tough, heavy-blooming shrubs are a favorite across American backyards, mostly because they carry a major biological advantage: they bloom exclusively on new wood. In the gardening world, this trait gives you…

If you walk through a neighborhood garden in late August, you will likely notice a quiet lull. The midsummer riot of daylilies and hydrangeas is beginning to fade, and the autumn aster display hasn’t quite kicked in. But if you are lucky, you might catch a drift of something sweet, clean, and distinctly jasmine-like on…