Abelia Francis Mason
Francis Mason will give you a year-round colourful shrub, tall enough for a decent privacy screen, glowing with bright lime-golden foliage in warmer months.
The foliage gradually matures to deep green as temperatures drop, and if you don't clip it too often you'll get clusters of gently-scented soft mauve-white flowers on the arching branches. Imperial Jezebel butterflies love the flower nectar. Lots of seasons of interest, and a lovely feature plant too.
You can see the contrast between Francis Mason's gold leaves (left) and Grandiflora Dwarf's dark ones (right) in the image gallery.
We love Francis Mason for his bright foliage colour, abundant flowers, butterfly nectar
Abelia x grandiflora (Linnaea x grandiflora) 'Francis Mason'
APPEARANCE : Small neat shrub with colourful green-lime-gold foliage, brightest in summer, and clusters of tubular shaped, gently scented soft mauve flowers. Foliage darkens to green with age through a rainbow of colours in winter.
USE FOR : Feature plant, informal hedging, well suited to cottage gardens. Attracts butterflies.
PLANTING : Plant in well drained soil in a full sun to partly shaded position in the garden. Tolerates dry periods once established. Frost tolerant.
CARE : Mulch and water regularly until the plant is established, usually around 12 weeks. Prune after flowering to promote dense growth habit and flowering, fertilise with a slow release fertiliser in spring.
HEIGHT & WIDTH : 1.8 m H x 2 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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