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32water.svg" loading="lazy" alt="Water Icon" class="faq-img"/><div class="h3 text-align-right">Water Requirements</div></div><nav class="faq-body w-dropdown-list"><div class="faq-body-cont"><p class="paragraph">Low. Once established, quite dry tolerant requiring only occasional long soak during extended periods of heat.</p></div></nav></div><div data-delay="0" data-hover="false" data-w-id="8af62f1b-8f86-cb6f-9ea0-99001a0d2566" style="height:80PX" class="faq-p w-dropdown"><div class="faq w-dropdown-toggle"><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61aa9e5cb8be123781fadf57/61b260f6a912956d22ac3592_Icon_height.svg" loading="lazy" alt="24 feet Icon" class="faq-img"/><div class="h3">Average Size</div></div><nav class="faq-body w-dropdown-list"><div class="faq-body-cont"><p class="paragraph">Height ~ 2-3′ (0.6-0.9 M)<br/>Width ~ 4-5′ (1.2-1.5 M</p></div></nav></div><div data-delay="0" data-hover="false" data-w-id="9fe47f79-07d4-7b1a-0f63-6b3d0ed47cb3" style="height:80PX" class="faq-p w-dropdown"><div class="faq w-dropdown-toggle"><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61aa9e5cb8be123781fadf57/61b260f6a91295d7a3ac3597_Icon_temp.svg" loading="lazy" alt="Temperature Icon" class="faq-img"/><div class="h3">Hardiness</div></div><nav class="faq-body w-dropdown-list"><div class="faq-body-cont"><p class="paragraph">USDA Hardiness Zone 6 (-10º F / -23º C)<br/>Evergreen in Zone 7</p></div></nav></div><div data-delay="0" data-hover="false" data-w-id="d99b87e1-f90c-6f9c-898f-41d11b21b625" style="height:80PX" class="faq-p w-dropdown"><div class="faq w-dropdown-toggle"><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61aa9e5cb8be123781fadf57/61b260f6a91295c74aac3595_Icon_flower.svg" loading="lazy" alt="Flower Icon" class="faq-img"/><div class="h3">Seasonal </div></div><nav class="faq-body w-dropdown-list"><div class="faq-body-cont"><p class="paragraph">Foliage – Year Round<br/>Flowers – Summer, Fal</p></div></nav></div><div data-delay="0" data-hover="false" data-w-id="daee653d-fa99-5ef7-8093-7738c197bc66" style="height:80PX" class="faq-p w-dropdown"><div class="faq w-dropdown-toggle"><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61aa9e5cb8be123781fadf57/61b260f6a91295f69aac359e_Landscaper-green.svg" loading="lazy" alt="Gardening Icon" class="faq-img"/><div class="h3">Culture</div></div><nav class="faq-body w-dropdown-list"><div class="faq-body-cont"><p class="paragraph">Prefers moist, well-drained, acidic soil.</p></div></nav></div></div></div></section><footer class="footer"><div class="navigation-container"><div class="grid footer"><div id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a579-e9e9a569" class="grid footer-contact"><div id="w-node-_2e0c967f-1281-1fef-b41e-5ec7a2271f92-e9e9a569" class="paragraph"><strong>Contact</strong></div><div>Phone:</div><a id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a580-e9e9a569" href="#">(805) 569-9179</a><div>Email:</div><a id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a585-e9e9a569" href="#">[email protected]</a></div><div id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a56c-e9e9a569" class="text-stacked"><div id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a56d-e9e9a569" class="wrapper"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/abeliakaleidoscope" class="social_link w-inline-block"><div class="fa_social"></div></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abkaleidoscope/" target="_blank" class="social_link w-inline-block"><div class="fa_social"></div></a></div><div id="w-node-_4e2e59d3-9555-7e9a-b664-e829e9e9a577-e9e9a569">#KALEIDOSCOPEofCOLOR</div></div><a id="w-node-_9f8b68c5-a12a-53ea-5335-6e4118c4f075-e9e9a569" href="/" class="brand footer w-inline-block"><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61aa9e5cb8be123781fadf57/61aaa785385d3241d3fe18ed_AK_logo.svg" loading="lazy" alt="Abelia Kaleidoscope Logo" class="image logo footer"/></a></div></div><div class="footer__bottom"><p class="footer__bottom-text cc-white">©2022 PlantHaven® International, Inc. All rights reserved. PlantHaven and From Breeder to Market are registered trademarks of PlantHaven International, Inc.</p><div class="footer-legal-container"><a href="/legal" class="footer__bottom-text footer__bottom-text--link cc-white">Disclaimers</a><div class="footer__bottom-text footer__bottom-text--spacing">|</div><a href="/privacy" class="footer__bottom-text footer__bottom-text--link cc-white">Privacy Policy</a></div></div></footer></main>

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