Miss Lemon Abelia

The Miss Lemon Abelia is a bright, easy-care flowering shrub that brings year-round color, soft fragrance, and graceful texture to the landscape. Part of the Southern Living Plants collection, this standout yellow abelia is prized for its variegated foliage, compact habit, and long bloom season.

Also known botanically as Abelia × grandiflora ‘Hopleys’, the Miss Lemon plant features fresh green leaves edged in creamy yellow to ivory tones. New growth emerges especially bright, giving the shrub a cheerful glow that helps lighten borders, foundation beds, containers, and mixed plantings. Its colorful foliage remains the main attraction through the seasons, creating a polished look even when the plant is not in bloom.

From summer into fall, Miss Lemon produces clusters of delicate, pale pink flowers that add a soft, romantic touch above the variegated foliage. These lightly fragrant blooms are loved by bees, butterflies, and other garden visitors, making this shrub a beautiful choice for anyone looking to add color while also helping attract pollinators.

Compact, adaptable, and naturally refined, Miss Lemon Abelia works beautifully as a low border, accent shrub, container feature, or mass planting. It is also low-maintenance, pest-resistant, deer-resistant, and drought-tolerant once established, making it an excellent choice for gardeners who want dependable beauty without constant upkeep.

Whether used to brighten a front foundation, soften a walkway, or add layered color to a sunny garden bed, Miss Lemon Abelia delivers foliage, flowers, fragrance, and pollinator appeal in one versatile shrub.

**Pre-Purchase Disclaimer: Abelia is notorious for being a light rooting plant. Many Abelia that are shipped will have a loose rootball on arrival from the vibrations of shipping.**