Glossy Abelia Grandiflora

[Vin]

Anyone work with Abelia before? I purchased three this weekend because the trunks look awesome to me.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Vin, did this work out? Someone offered to give me some landscaping material.

 

[Elihatt]

@Vin sorry to revive this of thread, but how did those abelia work out for you? I have two I bought this year, one is really nice and the other one.. not so much and I kinda want to experiment on it. Can’t find any information on working them and they seem like a fairly weird plant.

 

[Vin]

I didn't see these posts, sorry for not replying sooner.

Well, they are tough to keep in pots where I live. However, I do still have a couple in pot after all this time. I would say they don't make good bonsai because of the branch growth pattern. It's all over the place and hard to control. The bases are great if you leave them in the ground and just let them do their thing for a few years. Trying to train the branches is just about impossible so I just let them grow how they want to and keep them pruned back. If I get some time this weekend I'll snap a few photos and post them.