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Rose Creek Abelia
Abelia × grandiflora 'Rose Creek'
Also called rose creek glossy abelia
Rose Creek Abelia blooms from May through October.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Rose Creek Abelia
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 6–9. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Rose Creek Abelia. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Rose Creek Abelia
Plant Rose Creek Abelia in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 7, the middle of its hardy zones 6 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from May to October.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Rose Creek Abelia get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwideSee Rose Creek Abelia in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Rose Creek Abelia
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Rose Creek Abelia about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Rose Creek Abelia to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Rose Creek Abelia's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 12 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State Extension'Rose Creek' cultivar pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- University of Georgia ExtensionUniversity of Georgia CAES (Gary L. Wade, UGA Extension horticulturist...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- myperfectplants.comPerfect Plants Nursery (a mail-order grower that sells the plant)height, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- servescape.comServeScape (a Georgia retailer that sells the plant)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and soil
- University of Arkansas ExtensionPlant of the Week: Abelia Hybridsheight, spread, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- nurcar.comNurseries Caroliniana (a mail-order nursery that sells the plant)hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- NC State Extensiontrait tags, diseases and pests
- treesandshrubsonline.orgTrees and Shrubs Online (International Dendrology Society), Abelia x g...bloom months and color
- BBC Gardeners' WorldAbelia x grandiflora pagetoxicity
- Plant Addictsarticle: Are Abelias Poisonous?toxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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