Abelia x grandiflora nana 'Rhabpe22’ ~ Suntastic™ Peach Abelia size-5-ft Appalachian Sunrise Dogwood is a

Appalachian Sunrise Dogwood is a small native deciduous tree with upright layered branching and rounded crown

The large semi-double red flowers have coarse ruffled petals with prominent yellow stamen and bloom from late winter into early spring attracting butterflies

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aromatic fern-like foliage

Elaeagnus is drought tolerant once established and ignored by deer

Abelia x grandiflora nana 'Rhabpe22’ ~ Suntastic™ Peach Abelia size-5-ft Appalachian Sunrise Dogwood is aSuntastic Peach Abelia is a compact, semi evergreen shrub with a low mounding habit and bright variegated foliage. In warmer seasons the foliage is yellow and green with touches of apricot, and as the weather cools the apricot spreads and colors intensify. The fragrant white flowers that bloom though summer into fall are highly attractive to butterflies. Flowers best in full sun and rich, moist, well drained soils. Type: Shrub Origins: A. chinensis