A true color breakthrough! Brighten up your landscape with the cheery yellow blooms of Sunny Anniversary® abelia! This tough landscape plant is smothered with yellow and pink flowers all summer long, right into autumn. Leathery leaves stick around through the winter for extra interest. Its fountain-like habit gives it a soft, elegant presence in foundation plantings and flower beds. Like all abelias, rabbits and deer leave this beauty alone. Long Blooming.
Top three reasons to grow Sunny Anniversary® abelia:
- Flower color unlike any other abelia
- Fragrant and attracts butterflies
- Tolerates shade, deer, and rabbits
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
Resists: Deer
Characteristics
Duration: Shrub
Shrub Type: Deciduous
Height Category: Medium
Garden Height: 36 – 48 Inches
Spacing: 36 – 48 Inches
Spread: 36 – 48 Inches
Flower Colors: Pink, Yellow
Foliage Colors: Green
Foliage Shade: Dark Green
Habit: Mounded
Container Role: Thriller
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun
Maintenance Category: Easy
Blooms On: New Wood
Bloom Time: Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Hardiness Zones: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Water Category: Average
Uses: Border Plant, Container, Good for Screening, Landscape, Mass Planting, Specimen or Focal Point
Maintenance Notes: Abelia are easy-care plants that don’t require regular pruning, though they can be trimmed to shape in early spring. Early spring is also a good time to cut out any dead wood to maintain a neat, open shape. Abelias benefit from a good layer of shredded bark mulch and may be fertilized in spring if you want to encourage more rapid growth. Use a granular fertilizer formulated for woody plants, like a rose fertilizer.
