{"title":"Abutilon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon is an exotic \u003ca title=\"See our collection of hardy hibiscus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hibiscus-plant-rose-mallow\"\u003ehibiscus\u003c\/a\u003e relative (mallow) that has been grown for ages in containers as a houseplant with little attention paid to its winter hardiness as a sun perennial. In our flowering maple hardiness trials, we have found a few species and cultivars of abutilon which, when planted early in the season in well-drained sites, will perennialize. As with marginally \u003ca title=\"Read more about hardy salvias\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/perennial-salvia-plants\"\u003ehardy salvias\u003c\/a\u003e, we recommend that abutilon not be pruned to the ground in the fall. Instead, we like to wait until early spring, and then give our flowering maples a haircut when we see how far back they have died over winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe summer and fall-flowering abutilon delights gardeners, butterflies and hummingbirds with its pendent bell-shaped flowers available in an array of rich colors including yellow, orange, pink, red and even bicolor. Abutilon is a low growing woody subshrub that acts as an herbaceous perennial in colder climates. Abutilon looks great planted in mass or weaving throughout a mixed border. Flowering maple is also great in a container or a hanging basket, where its downward facing flowers can be viewed face to face. The key to success with abutilon is good winter drainage. Plant them high and dry (in the winter) and they will delight you for years in your garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAbutilon is in the mallow family so be sure to check out our other \u003ca title=\"More mallows for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/mallow-plants\"\u003emallows for sale\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abutilon-canary-bird","title":"Abutilon Canary Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon 'Canary Bird' is a marvelous hummingbird plant that has survived 6 degrees F in our garden. This hibiscus relative has maple-like foliage on a compact 6' tall x 3' wide plant. For us, Abutilon 'Canary Bird' starts flowering in early summer with large, dangling, 3\" wide, canary-yellow, bell-like flowers and continues until the first frost. For those in more northerly zones, Abutilon 'Canary Bird' makes a great centerpiece for a container planting. Good winter drainage is key for maximum cold tolerance when growing \u003ca title=\"See all of our flowering maples\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/abutilon-flowering-maple\"\u003eflowering maples\u003c\/a\u003e in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025611973,"sku":"3848","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Canary-Bird.i-3848.s-62265.r-1_b43ce7d0-ad46-4405-96dd-6c99fdda6a25.jpg?v=1791577760"},{"product_id":"abutilon-megapotamicum","title":"Abutilon megapotamicum","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Callianthe megapotamica) Hailing from the hot bed of many great garden plants...the semi-tropical\/warm temperate region of southern Brazil and surrounding Uruguay and Argentina comes Brazilian bellflower. Abutilon megapotamicum is a fun and easy-to-grow hummingbird magnet for the perennial border. In the garden or in a hanging basket, Abutilon megapotamicum spreads to several feet wide in a single season. In the wild Abutilon megapotamicum reaches 8' tall, but in temperate climate gardens it rarely exceeds 6' tall x 10' wide and less when grown as a container plant. From late summer until frost, the plants are laden with charming 2\" hanging, lantern-like flowers composed of red calyces above the yellow petals, ending with their bright red privates dangling beneath...all carefully arranged between the thumb-sized green leaves. How about a hot Brazilian for your garden?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe deciduous stems usually re-sprout in spring, unless winter temperatures drop below 10 degrees F. If so, flowering maples will generally re-sprout from somewhere below the ground to slightly above the soil level. If your plant grows too large, you can cut it back all the way to the ground and it will quickly re-flush. About the only time we don't recommend cutting abutilon to the ground is in fall or winter. The ideal time to prune would be just prior to bud break in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere will often be very little dieback of stems during mild winters, in which case little to no pruning is necessary come spring. Abutilon will often flower all winter in a sheltered location in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile A. megapotamicum is quite tolerant of dry soils, it really explodes in evenly moist, rich, compost-enhanced soils. While flowering maple blooms well in spring in the shade, the summer flowers will be a bit sparse. When grown in full sun, the floral density all summer and fall is quite amazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are all regular visitors to flowering maple plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAbutilon megapotamicum was formerly known as Abutilon vexillarium.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/Fa1lsk0snMk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025846725,"sku":"4317","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-megapotamicum.i-4317.s-66551.r-1_63c1679b-4ab7-4341-90df-b857cbdb0993.jpg?v=1784222843"},{"product_id":"abutilon-voodoo","title":"Abutilon Voodoo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Jon Dixon hybrid has been an amazing performer in our garden trials. Not only did Abutilon 'Voodoo' continue flowering into the upper 20s, but it kept green stems and leaves down to 20 degrees F. Abutilon 'Voodoo' makes an upright 6' tall x 3' wide clump adorned, starting in late summer and continuing into late fall, with large 2\", blood-red, bell-shaped flowers dangling from the top half of the plant. This hummingbird favorite is one of the best performers of the large-flowered, upright, flowering maples we have ever grown.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027671173,"sku":"6951","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Voodoo.i-6951.s-66492.r-1.jpg?v=1790699167"},{"product_id":"abutilon-orange-hot-lava","title":"Abutilon Orange Hot Lava","description":"\u003cp\u003eThanks to Luen Miller of Monterey Bay Nursery for sharing his splendid 2005 introduction of a hybrid of \u003ca title=\"Abutilon megapotamicum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/products\/abutilon-megapotamicum\"\u003eAbutilon megapotamicum\u003c\/a\u003e. The 3-4' tall mass of stems is adorned with pointed green leaves and, from early June until fall, with hundreds of dangling bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are clear orange, highlighted by red bloodshot-eye-like veins. Each flower is held tight by a dark burgundy calyx (the thing the flower sits in). Abutilon 'Orange Hot Lava' has been a standout in both our summer flowering and winter hardiness trials. Nine out of ten hummingbirds agree, Abutilon 'Orange Hot Lava' is a top flowering maple choice!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027911877,"sku":"7302","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Orange-Hot-Lava.i-7302.s-62776.r-1.jpg?v=1788211077"},{"product_id":"abutilon-fools-gold","title":"Abutilon Fools Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon 'Fool's Gold' is an upright flowering maple clothed with 2\" wide, fuzzy green leaves and adorned from early summer until fall with 2.5\" wide, hanging, salmon-orange (RHS 24B), lantern-like flowers, each highlighted with dark orange veins...a hummingbird delight. Abutilon 'Fool's Gold' is a 4' tall x 2.5' wide \u003ca title=\"See our collection of flowering maple\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/abutilon-flowering-maple\"\u003eflowering maple\u003c\/a\u003e that has proven to be reliable in our climate down into the teens, and is also a great summer container specimen plant.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028288517,"sku":"8001","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Fools-Gold.i-8001.s-66471.r-1_c1cdc62a-a8c7-4e48-b303-77fbf27bddaa.jpg?v=1791986394"},{"product_id":"abutilon-bartley-schwarz","title":"Abutilon Bartley Schwarz","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our winter hardiness trials, Abutilon 'Bartley Schwarz' (named after the late California plantsman, although incorrectly spelled \"Schwartz\") has been one of our best performers. The slightly pendent branching habit of this \u003ca title=\"Learn more about Abutilon megapotamicum\" href=\"\/products\/abutilon-megapotamicum\"\u003eAbutilon megapotamicum\u003c\/a\u003e hybrid makes a 4' tall x 4' wide clump clothed with small, fuzzy green serrated leaves and adorned from early summer through fall with 1.5\" wide, salmon-orange (RHS 24B), bell-shaped flowers that dangle from the outstretched woody branches. As a houseplant, this mallow relative is everblooming...just watch out for hummingbird droppings.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028291845,"sku":"8007","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Bartley-Schwarz.i-8007.s-67056.r-1.jpg?v=1783625154"},{"product_id":"abutilon-twister","title":"Abutilon Twister","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon 'Twister' has been a superb, winter hardy selection for us in Zone 7b, since 2005. This 2005 Monterey Bay Nursery introduction is an Abutilon megapotamicum hybrid that forms a large 4' tall x 7' wide specimen. The stems are laden with vermillion orange bells with a dark red central eye. The plants and the flowers are intermediate in size between Abutilon megapotamicum and Abutilon pictum. For us, flowering starts in May and continues until late November, when a hard freeze finally ends the show. Twister flowering maple makes a superb hanging basket or container specimen where it isn't winter hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O7VURPp5Wys?si=VONtZoXutbN-6oFS\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41175774593111,"sku":"18088","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Abutilon-Twister.i-18088.s-67721.r-1_608195f6-6bcf-492c-9394-5f544974536d.jpg?v=1790082987"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/abutilon-megapotamicum-c-1900x350.jpg?v=1681330724","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/abutilon-flowering-maple.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}