A Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs variety, Abelia Poco Loco is a compact semievergreen perennial shrub grown for its attractive foliage and months of fragrant flowers. Its slender, gracefully arching dark-red stems bear bright yellow and orange foliage in spring that matures to green with pinkish red new growth. Clusters of bell-shaped pink flowers sustain pollinators throughout summer, including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

A Abelia x grandiflora [syn Linnaea x grandiflora], commonly called abelia or glossy abelia, Poco Loco has a fast growth rate and a naturally neat, globe-shaped, mounding habit that adds appealing structure wherever it’s planted. Massed or grouped, it is an excellent choice for general landscaping in beds, borders, and foundation plantings; and it’s an especially attractive (and effective) option for controlling erosion on banks and slopes. But it also makes a lovely s