Light Needs
Mature Height
Mature Spread
Growing Zones
You don’t have to choose when it comes to foliage color when you include the Tres Amigos™ or Abelia grandiflora into your landscape. The variegated foliage changes throughout the growing season and shifts from dominantly yellow in the spring to a bold pink along the margins with hints of green and cream during the summer. The bold foliage is enough reason to love this compact shrub, but fragrant white fluted flowers add even more interest. This low-maintenance beauty grows as a perennial in USDA zones 6 through 9.
Tres Amigos™ makes a lovely addition to foundation or landscape plantings, and borders especially when featured towards the front of a bed due to its compact size that generally reaches about 3 feet tall. The pure white flowers bloom on new growth and have a scent similar to jasmine, making this plant a very welcome addition to decks, patios, or near doors or windows that will allow the smell to waft inside. This deer-resistant mounded shrub is an evergreen, providing year-round color and visual interest.
Tres Amigos™ Abelia Care
Tres Amigos™ abelia is a low-maintenance perennial that does well with very little care. This plant needs part to full sun, so find a spot that receives at least 4 hours of sunlight. The variegated foliage will have more intense colors when grown in high levels of sunlight, so place the abelia in a spot that gets 6 or more hours of daylight to enjoy richer colors. Tres Amigos™ has average water needs and prefers acidic to slightly alkaline soil, ranging between 5.0 to 7.5 pH.
Fertilize once during the spring and again midsummer using a balanced fertilizer. Trim back overgrowth and shape the plant in late winter or early spring before new growth emerges. Flowers bloom on new growth, so do not prune after new growth appears because it may reduce the number of blooms.
Tres Amigos™ Abelia Spacing
Tres Amigos™ is a compact mounding shrub that grows about 24 to 36 inches tall and spreads out 24 to 60 inches. Space plants 24 to 60 inches apart create a continuous shrub. Place further apart to maintain space around the plant and create more of a focal point.
Tres Amigos™ Abelia Plant Facts
Growing Conditions
- Hardiness ZonesGrowing Zones
- USDA Zones 6 to 9 (perennial); grown as an annual elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown indoors elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown in containers elsewhere (grown as a seasonal crop)
- Sun Exposure
- Part Sun to Full Sun (5+ Hours Direct Sun)
- Mature Height
- 2-3 Feet
- Mature Spread
- 2-5 Feet
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Growth Habit
- , Mounded
- Water Needs
- Average
Flowers & Foliage
- Flower Colors
- , White
- Flower Description
- White to pink
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer to Fall
- Blooms On
-
New Wood
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"Blooms on" tells you which stems produce flowers, which decides when it's safe to prune.
- New Wood: Flowers form on stems that grow this season. Prune in late winter or early spring without losing blooms.
- Old Wood: Flower buds form on last year's stems. Prune right after flowering. Pruning in fall or early spring removes next year's blooms.
- Both New and Old Wood: Blooms on last year's stems and again on new growth, so it flowers even after a hard winter or a mistimed pruning. Prune lightly after the first flush of blooms.
- When to Prune
- Late winter to early spring, before new growth starts
- Foliage Color
- , Green, Pink
- Foliage Description
- Green, Pink, White, Yellow Variegated
- Foliage Type
- , Deciduous
- Seasonal Interest
- , Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering, Fall Flowering
Garden Benefits
Plant Overview
- Common Name
- Tres Amigos™ Abelia
- Botanical Name
- Abelia grandiflora 'Mincautri' USPPAF, Can PBRAF
- Brand
- Proven Winners
- Plant Type
- Shrub
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Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
Also Known As:
Quart
Plant Age:
~ 6 months - 1 year
Plant Size:
~ 4"-8"
Pot Size:
~ 4.75"H x 4.5"W
Volume:
1.50 quarts
Also Known As:
2.5 Quart Pot
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 8"-12"
Pot Size:
~ 6.5"H x 6.5"W
Volume:
2.20-2.30 quarts
Also Known As:
#1 Container
1 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 10"-14"
Pot Size:
~ 7"H x 7.75"W
Volume:
2.26-3.73 quarts
Also Known As:
#2 Container
2 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1.5 - 3 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-18"
Pot Size:
~ 9.5"H x 9.5"W
Volume:
1.19-1.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#3 Container
3 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 2 - 4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-30"
Pot Size:
~9.5"H x 11"W
Volume:
2.32-2.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#5 Container
5 Gallon
Plant Age:
~3-4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 20" - 60"
Pot Size:
~11" H x 10 1/2” W
Volume:
3.5 - 4 gallons
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