'Tres Amigos' Abelia

FEATURES

A vibrant tri-color foliage show!

For gardeners on the hunt for elegant, but interesting foliage. Tres Amigos abelia seems to change each time you visit it out in the garden. In spring it starts out with green, cream, pink, and yellow-tinged foliage. Its most vibrant color is yellow, bringing sunshine into the slowly filling garden. By summer, the yellow has left completely and the pink edge on the leaf takes over. The new growth at the end of each stem is almost entirely a warm watermelon pink with sporadically placed white flowers. Each flower is fluted, perfect for inviting hummingbirds and butterflies into the garden, and has a lovely jasmine-like fragrance. Its compact habit suits it nicely for use at the front of the border, in containers, and in mixed borders with perennials and annuals.

Top reasons to grow Tres Amigos abelia:

- Remarkable tricolor foliage 

- A summer-long show of fragrant white flowers

- Compact habit fits easily into many gardens

Fragrant Flower
Long Blooming
Foliage Interest
Attracts: 
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resists: 
Deer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 
 Shrub
 
Shrub Type: 
 Evergreen
 
Height Category: 
 Short
 
Garden Height: 
 24 - 36 Inches
 
Spacing: 
 24 - 36 Inches
 
Spread: 
 24 - 60 Inches
 
Flower Colors: 
 White
 
Flower Shade: 
 Pure white
 
Foliage Colors: 
 Green
 
 Pink
 
 White
 
 Yellow
 
Foliage Shade: 
 Variegated
 
Habit: 
 Mounded
 
Container Role: 
 Filler

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 
 Part Sun to Sun
 
 Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 
 Easy
Blooms On: 
 New Wood
Bloom Time: 
 Summer through Fall
Hardiness Zones: 
 6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b
Water Category: 
 Average
Soil Fertility Requirement: 
 Average Soil
Uses: 
 Border Plant
 
 Container
 
 Edging Plant
 
 Landscape
 
 Mass Planting
Uses Notes: 
 

Looks at home in mixed beds with perennials, annuals, and other shrubs. It can also be used as a low hedge or at the front of a border as a taller hedging.

Maintenance Notes: 
 

Abelia are easy-care plants that need little regular maintenance. Can be lightly trimmed to shape in spring, after the new growth begins to emerge, if you wish. 

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