Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas.
Growing to tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.
Its natural habitatâÂÂis mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at elevation.
Two varieties are accepted.
Though hardy down to , it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall.
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.