Abelia x 'Edward Goucher' and Abelia x Grandiflora ‘Confetti’ 花衝羽根空木（アベリア）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

They are both abelia. The pink one is abelia x 'Edward Goucher' or more commonly known as pink abelia and the white one is abelia x grandiflora ‘Confetti’ or abelia Confetti. 

The flowers have been in bloom for the last couple of months, but they're in full bloom now in my neighborhood with the white and pink blossoms side by side (3rd photo).

Abelia x 'Edward Goucher' アベリア

Who's Francis Mason? フランシスメイソンって誰？

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

They are Fransis Mason. Who's Francis Mason? That was what I thought when seeing the flower tag first a few months ago. It's funny that a flower has such a noble name, isn't it!

White Francis Mason abelia
斑入りの衝羽根空木

White and pink
白とピンク

Pink Francis Mason
ピンクもきれいね

The flower tag says that Francis Mason is white, but I found a place where pink ones are in bloom side by side with the white ones. The combination of white and pink made them look prettier and gorgeous...

Francis Mason has another interesting characteristic. Although pink ones have just green leaves, white ones have variegated leaves, i.e., dark green leaves with golden-yellow margin.

I googled the reason for such a noble name, but couldn't find any information.... 

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フランシス メイソンです。咲く前から札を見て興味津々。「フランシス メイソン？貴族？」なんて思ってました。

いざ咲いてみると可愛い白い花。しかも、ピンクの花と一緒に咲いている場所を発見。白とピンクが一緒だと更に可愛いですね。蒸し暑い梅雨を少しだけ涼しくしてくれました。

葉っぱは、緑の葉と、緑に端が黄色の葉と２種類あります。名前の由来を調べたのですが結局分からず｡｡｡でした😢。

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