| Scientific Name: | Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' |
| Common Name: | Edward Goucher abelia |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Semi-evergreen shrub with arching reddish branches; leaves opposite, ovate, most blades 2-5cm long x 1.5-3cm wide, glossy dark green with long acuminate tips; some bronzing in winter; florets light pink, bilaterally symmetrical, 5 petal lobes, most with 2 sepals. | |