{"id":447,"date":"2022-04-14T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T08:50:14","slug":"culture-sheet-hyacinth-abelia-chinensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/flowers\/culture-sheet-hyacinth-abelia-chinensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture sheet: hyacinth (Abelia Chinensis)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With its pinkish white ears with a bewitching scent, Abelia chinensis accompanies the blossoms of asters and other autumn beauties.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few shrubs bloom at the end of the season, especially among those that attract bees and butterflies.&nbsp;Installed in my living hedge, Abelia chinensis goes unnoticed almost all year round, stuck between a choisya and a buddleia.&nbsp;But at the end of August, when his ears, composed of small panicles of tubular bells of flowers, form, we only see him, we only smell him!&nbsp;A scent of hyacinth.&nbsp;A wonder that I brush against each time I go out to the garden, making a systematic detour to touch it, smell it, and even get a small pinkish white flower.&nbsp;The buttons, as well as the calyces, sport a dapper old rose.&nbsp;These chalices are until November a charming asset, attractive even when the flowers have fallen.&nbsp;Because flowers have the good taste of falling, instead of withering ugly, when they have finished their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.semsgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/abelia_chinensis-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t understand why this shrub is so little used.&nbsp;It measures about 2m high and has its place as well in the natural hedge as isolated or at the bottom of a massif.&nbsp;If I am to believe the gardening literature, it grows well in a large container, but I have not tried &#8230; Rustic down to -10, even -12 \u00b0, it is perfect for gardens located in the south and on the coast. , especially since it supports spray well.&nbsp;In my corner of Brittany, its cute heart-shaped leaves, thick, shiny, and nicely ribbed, turn matt and bronze at the end of autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Easy to grow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This abelia loves the sun but tolerates partial shade.&nbsp;All soils are suitable for it, with a preference for those that are drained.&nbsp;Plant it in the spring or fall, mixing compost with the original soil.&nbsp;Water the summer following planting.&nbsp;It hardly needs pruning, except to possibly help it branch out in the first year and to remove dead wood or disturbing branches.&nbsp;It perfectly tolerates drought and is not very sensitive to diseases or parasites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its pinkish white ears with a bewitching scent, Abelia chinensis accompanies the blossoms of asters and other autumn beauties. Few shrubs bloom at the end of the season, especially among those that attract bees and butterflies.&nbsp;Installed in my living hedge, Abelia chinensis goes unnoticed almost all year round, stuck between a choisya and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}