Abelium leaf plant

Abelium is an easy-to-grow plant. It doesn't need special care. Its rarity and beauty make it valuable. Gardeners and growers use it to decorate plots. They seek unique and pretty plants.

Abelium is also called white forsythia. It is a shrub in the olive family. The plant is a broad, deciduous shrub. It has white flowers. The flowers have a sweet scent.

Abeliofolin has simple, oval leaves. They are about 8 cm in size. In spring, the leaves are dark green. They stay this color in summer. By autumn, they turn purple. Flowers form racemose inflorescences. They are about 1.5 cm in diameter. Flowers can be white. Sometimes they have a pink tint. Abeliofolin loses leaves yearly. It is a decorative plant.

Abelium is not for eating. Its beauty is its main feature. It is used in landscape design.

The plant is from the Korean Peninsula. It now grows in Europe and North America. It is grown for looks.

Abelium distichus is well-known. It is the most common type of abelium.

The plant likes soil that drains well. The soil should be fertile. The pH should be 5.6 to 7.8. It likes mild weather. It grows best on the west and south sides. Here the sun shines for hours each day.

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