'Kaleidoscope' Abelia is an amazing, color-changing plant, with versatile and easy-care attributes. The leaf variegation of 'Kaleidoscope' is colorful and dramatic, changing with each season thoughout the year. In early spring the leaves emerge on bright-red stems, displaying lime-green centers and bright-yellow edges. When summer arrives, the yellow-edged, green leaves turn golden. The variegated leaves do not burn or scorch in the hottest of weather. In fall the foliage color deepens to shades of orange and fiery red. The winter foliage hangs on better than other abelias.

Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' is reported to be the longest-blooming of all the abelias. By late spring, the entire shrub is covered with soft-pink buds that open to white blooms. The blooms keep coming well into autumn. Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' is an easy to care for versatile plant, which is frost, drought and heat tolerant, as well as deer-resistant. A position in full sun brings out the most vibrant color changes in the leaves, and the best flower display throughout its long season of bloom.

Abelia x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' PP#16,988