The leaf variegation of Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ is striking and dramatic with changing colors emerge on bright red stems with lime-green centers and bright yellow edges. When summer arrives, the yellow matures to golden. Kaleidoscope’s variegation does not burn or scorch in the hottest of weather.

Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ is reported to be the longest-blooming of all the abelias. By late spring the entire bush is covered with soft pink buds that open to white blooms. The blooms keep coming well into autumn.

Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a versatile plant — It is frost-, drought- and heat-tolerant and a position in the full sun brings out the most vibrant color changes in the leaves. This Abelia is eye-catching as a container specimen in a small garden, good for a formal or informal hedge, distinctive as an accent plant, and spectacular in mass plantings.