Family: Oleaceae
Scientific Name: Abeliophyllum distichum
Common Name: Korean Abelialeaf, White Forsythia
| Description | An early blooming shrub with white flowers. Nice fall foliage color. |
| Pronunciation | (a-be-li-FILL-um)(DIS-ti-kum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, tinged with pink, April |
| Leaves | green foliage, orange, yellow, red fall color |
| Dimensions | 3-5 by 3-5 feet |
| Maintenance | becomes very scraggly and needs to be rejuvenated every 2-3 years by cutting back to 12 inches |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | central Korea |
| Cultivar Origin | introduced in 1924 |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Micheal Dirr), #226-Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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