Abelia chinensis is native to China. They are found in mountains at elevations of 200-1500 meters above sea level in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
Abelia chinensis also called as Chinese Abelia, Linnaea chinensis, Abelia aschersoniana, Abelia cavaleriei, Abelia hanceana, Abelia ionandra, Abelia lipoensis, Abelia rupestris, Linnaea aschersoniana, Linnaea rupestris, is a species of the genus Abelia. This species was described by Robert Brown in 1818.
IDENTIFY ABELIA CHINENSIS PLANT
Abelia chinensis is native to China. They are found in mountains at elevations of 200-1500 meters above sea level in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
It is a deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub which reaching up to 2 meters tall, highly branched with young branches slender and pubescent. The leaves are opposite, sometimes in whorls of 3; leaf blade ovate, 2-5 × 1-3.5 cm, abaxially sparsely pubescent, densely white villous at base of midvein and lateral veins, base rounded or cordate, margin remotely crenate-serrate, apex acute to long acuminate.
Chinese Abelia bloom in August-September from the inflorescence with a large terminal panicle of paired flowers (flowers opening consecutively). The flowers are fragrant, with 6 oblong or lanceolate bracts at base of paired ovaries. Calyx of 5 sepals, elliptic, 5-6 mm, turning red at fruiting stage. Corolla 5-lobed, white to pink, funnelform, 10-12 mm, ca. 2 × as long as sepals, outside pubescent and gibbous at base of tube. Stamens and style long exserted; filaments slender, equal in length, inserted at base of corolla tube. Ovary cylindric, slightly compressed, pubescent, longitudinally striate; stigmas capitate. Achene crowned with persistent and slightly enlarged sepals.
ABELIA CHINENSIS PLANT CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Abelia chinensis plant grow well in full sun to part shade. A minimum of 6 hours direct sunlight is recommended for best foliage density and foliage color.
Temperature:
In summer, the temperature should be at 20-25 ℃. This plant need a rest period in winter with the temperature drop to 10-15 ℃.
Substrate and growing media:
Abelia chinensis can be grown in the ground or in container. A well-drained soil is essential. As with so many other types of ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot and other harmful plant diseases. The substrate can be turf, leaf soil, humus, peat and sand (in the ratio 1: 1: 1: 1: 1) with weak acidity (ranging between 5.0 to 7.5 on the pH scale).
Watering:
From the beginning of spring to autumn, this shrub need water plentifully, sometimes sprayed in hot weather. In winter, water carefully, making sure that the top layer of the soil does not dry out completely.
Fertilizer:
From spring to autumn, every two weeks feed the plant with mineral and organic fertilizers for indoor plants of usual concentration.
Rest period:
Chinese Abelia need a rest period from October-March. In this time the temperature should be at 10-15 ℃, watering limited, no fertilizer and increase the level of light.
Pruning:
Abelia chinensis is growing very fast and under favorable conditions for the spring-summer season gives a big increase. In order for the plant to have a more magnificent crown, at the end of winter - early spring it is cut to half the height of the shoots.
Propagation:
This shrubs is propagated by seeds and cuttings: Seeds are sown in January, seedlings grow quickly and in the same year, young plants can bloom. It can also reproduces in spring with apical stem cuttings, as well as shoots remaining after pruning. In order for the cuttings to be rooted better and faster, they are placed in a light substrate (sand, peat, perlite) maintaining the temperature at 20-25 ℃. Young plants grow into a beautiful bush and bloom in the same summer.
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