A Guide About Abutilon Flower

Native to South America, the genus Abutilon includes numerous free-flowering large shrubs of great beauty and considerable garden value, but they are not tolerant of frost. In cold localities they can be effectively cultivated only as greenhouse plants,. They are deciduous shrubs or herbaceous plants of moderately easy cultivation requiring a position in full sun with a warm, well-drained soil. Propagation is by seed sown in a warm greenhouse in spring, or from soft cuttings in a warm greenhouse in spring.

Native to Brazil. One of the most beautiful deciduous shrubs for a cool greenhouse or for cultivating outdoors in frost-free, regions. The conspicuous, summer-blooming, cup-shaped flowers have a red calyx, yellow petals, and brown anthers. An ideal subject for cultivating against a sunny wall in a warm, well-drained, not-too-heavy soil. Even quite small plants will bloom profusely. There is a particularly beautiful variety with yellow and green variegated foliage, A. megapotamicum var. variegatum.

Native to Chile. First raised from seed in Europe at Dublin in 1836 by one Capt. Cottingham, an amateur gardener. Not tolerant of frost, but in a mild climate few summer-flowering shrubs are more lovely in bloom. Flowers blue-mauve in diameter, and borne in clusters. Not a long-lived plant and—as is frequently the case with soft-wooded shrubs that flower and bear seed so profusely—it is liable to die suddenly, without apparent cause. Its abundant seeds,however, provide a quick and easy method of propagation. The leaves are similar in shape to the foliage of a grape vine. An ideal subject for cultivating against a warm, sunny wall, or on a summerhouse or pergola, where a well-developed plant can reach with a loose, open habit.