Abelia, 8th of October 2017.
Image above shows a twig of Abelia x grandiflora painted three days ago. >> Click on the image to show
it in double resolution. The flower blooms in my mother's garden for quite some time now, and, judging by its looks, it does not intend to stop, in the
relentless autumn greyness which has been sneaking between the sunny days, when we comfort ourselves that the light is still there and when most of
the bloom except for some lost rosebud has already dried up or gone as if it has never been.
Abelia x grandiflora is a hybrid of Abelia uniflora and chinese abelia (Abelia chinensis). It is a semi-evergreen shrub with a diameter of about ~ 1.5 m and
height of ~ 1 m. Its leaves are in this time of year dark green with transitions to darker orange-brown and violet. The twigs contain a large number of
brick-pink sepals and only a couple of tiny white flowers, about 1 cm in diameter, with five petals.
The image below shows Abelia uniflora. It was published in Jardin Fleuriste journal which was edited for years by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1801- 1871).
He also wrote most of the journal's content.
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Last updated on 8th of October 2017.