FLOWER GARDEN

Type:  Annuals, Perennials
Species:  150
Height:  1 – 10 m
Growing:  China, India
Flowers:  Red
Kingdom: Plantae
Unranked:   Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Order:  Malvales
Family:  Malvaceae
Genus:  Abutilon

ABUTILON. Evergreen shrub with bell-shaped flowers and handsome leaves, a desirable climber for rafters or pillars, or planting out. The best varieties for growing under glass to flower in April are: Danvini, orange: fleur d’or, orange and red; canary bird, yellow: boule de neige, white; Princess Marie, rose lake.

Propagation is by cuttings of young wood struck in a temperature of 60° in summer. Also from seeds in a propagator or over bottom heat. They are generally sown in spring. Pron. A-bu’ ti-lon.