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Abelia Francis Mason
Abelia Francis Mason
A golden-leaved evergreen shrub in a 12cm pot, ideal for low-maintenance hedging.
- Easy care
- Full sun to semi-shade
- When soil has dried
- 12cm grow pot
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Abelia Francis Mason
R 50.00
About this plant
About this plant
Abelia Francis Mason
Also known as Golden Abelia or X Grandiflora
Outdoor plant and Evergreen.
Ideal for hedging. It responds well to pruning.
Blooms in early summer.
Requires full sun or semi shade. For best results full sun.
Water once soil has dried out. Not more than twice a week.
This plant has been noted to have air purifying capabilities.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A golden-leaved hedge for under R50
Abelia x grandiflora 'Francis Mason' · also known as Golden abelia, glossy abelia
Native to Garden hybrid (parents from China)
An evergreen garden shrub with small, glossy golden-green leaves and pale pink-white bell flowers from early summer. It responds well to pruning, which makes it ideal for hedging.
- An Abelia Francis Mason in a 12cm grow pot, an affordable way to plant a hedge.
- Golden-green evergreen foliage and small bell-shaped flowers from early summer.
- Takes pruning well, so it's easy to keep neat as a hedge or border.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Outdoors in full sun or semi-shade; full sun gives the best leaf colour and most flowers. It copes with Gauteng winters, though hard frost can make it drop some leaves.
Care card
- Light
- Full sun to semi-shade
- Water
- When soil has dried
- Humidity
- Any
- Temperature
- Hardy, takes frost
- Soil
- Well-drained garden soil
- Feeding
- Spring and summer
- Growth
- Moderate shrub
- Outdoors
- Yes, garden plant
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it out in a sunny spot, in a hole twice the width of the pot.
- Water well after planting, then whenever the soil has dried, no more than twice a week.
- Trim lightly after flowering to keep a neat shape.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Leaves turning plain greenToo much shade. Golden colour is best in full sun.
- Few flowersMore sun needed, or it was pruned too hard just before flowering.
- Leaf drop after a cold snapNormal after hard frost. It regrows in spring.
Questions
Good to know
How big is the plant?
How big is the plant?
A young plant in a 12cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
How far apart should I plant for a hedge?
How far apart should I plant for a hedge?
Roughly 50 to 60cm apart gives a dense hedge in a few seasons.
Is it an indoor plant?
Is it an indoor plant?
No, it's an outdoor garden shrub.
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