Abelia ‘Sunshine Daydream’

Common Name:
Abelia 'Sunshine Daydream'

Description:
Abelia ‘Sunshine Daydream’ is a compact, variegated shrub prized for its stunning foliage and delicate blooms. The leaves emerge with a bright pink flush before maturing to a soft creamy-yellow with green centres, creating year-round colour and contrast in the garden. During the warmer months, it produces small, fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers that are highly attractive to pollinators. This cultivar performs best in well-drained soil with regular watering while establishing and shows excellent drought tolerance once established. In Melbourne gardens, it thrives in full sun to part shade and is well-suited to borders, low hedging, or container planting. Semi-evergreen in temperate climates, it holds its foliage well through winter, especially in sheltered spots. It is a low-maintenance choice that brings consistent interest throughout the seasons.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 1 m
Width: 1.2 m

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
White

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Disease Resistant
Scented flowers
Bee Attracting
Perennial
Suitable for Hedging
Suitable for Topiary

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion Plants:
Lavandula spp.
Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’
Heuchera varieties
Westringia ‘Grey Box’
Liriope muscari

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