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.