Bring lasting colour and elegance to your garden with Abelia Francis Mason, a beautiful variegated flowering shrub known for its attractive golden-yellow foliage and delicate fragrant blooms. This compact semi-evergreen shrub produces arching stems covered with glossy leaves featuring golden margins, creating a bright display throughout the seasons.
From summer into autumn, clusters of small pale pink and white tubular flowers appear among the foliage, providing valuable nectar for bees and other pollinators. As temperatures cool, the foliage can develop warm bronze tones, adding further seasonal interest.
Easy to grow and highly versatile, Abelia Francis Mason is ideal for mixed borders, low informal hedging, patio containers, cottage gardens, and wildlife-friendly planting schemes. Supplied as a healthy 2 litre pot plant, it is ready to establish and provide years of reliable garden beauty.
As a natural living product, each plant may vary slightly in size, shape, and appearance depending on seasonal growth conditions.
Plant Details
- Botanical Name: Abelia × grandiflora 'Francis Mason'
- Common Name: Abelia Francis Mason / Variegated Abelia
- Plant Type: Semi-Evergreen Flowering Shrub
- Pot Size: 2 Litre
- Flower Colour: Pale Pink to White
- Foliage Colour: Green with Golden Yellow Margins
- Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Growth Habit: Bushy, Compact, Arching
- Mature Height: Approx. 1.2–1.5m
- Mature Spread: Approx. 1.2–1.5m
- Flowering Period: July to October
- Suitable For: Borders, Containers, Hedging and Wildlife Gardens
Care
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny or partially shaded position. Water regularly while establishing and apply a balanced fertiliser in spring. Light pruning after flowering helps maintain a compact shape and encourages healthy new growth.
