Abelia grandiflora keeps the bees going
Abelia grandiflora grows into a large evergreen shrub with attractive arching branches bearing small shiny dark green leaves, and from summer till early winter it's covered with flowers. It's a bit big for my narrow garden, and I had it severely trimmed in July. It looked dead for a while but recovered. The sprays of small pink flowers and bracts started to appear in late summer and are still going strong in mid November. It's a useful feeding station for bees when most other flowers have finished.