Abelia x grandiflora 'ABL-PII'~ Monrovia® Angel's Blush® Abelia edible & elegant Dorothy's Dawn Lenten Rose is

Dorothy's Dawn Lenten Rose is a late winter-blooming evergreen perennial with leathery dark green basal foliage that emerges marbled with pink and silver veining that matures to mint green veining by summer

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The loose double flowers are clear pink with ruffled and fluted petals in late fall into winter attracting butterflies

Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower is a small clump-forming perennial with toothed blue-green foliage

Abelia x grandiflora 'ABL-PII'~ Monrovia® Angel's Blush® Abelia edible & elegant Dorothy's Dawn Lenten Rose isMonrovia Angel's Blush Abelia is a dwarf semi evergreen shrub with a mounding habit and attractive variegated foliage that takes on a rosy pink flush in cold weather. The dainty clusters of white flowers bloom in summer. Flowers best in full sun and rich, moist, well drained soils. Can remain evergreen in temps as low as 2F. Type: Shrub Origins: A. chinensis and A. uniflora Hybrid Height: 1 2 Spread: 2 3' Spacing: 3. 5 USDA Hardiness Zone: 6 9