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    ABUTILON
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    ABUTILON

    Commonly known as Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple

    Genus of about 150 species, deciduous and evergreen, in the form of shrubs, small trees, perennials and annuals.

    Hailing from tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America the frost prone species are suitable as conservatory or house plants. Half hardy species do well in a sunny border and those of arching habit against a warm wall.

    The various attributes to maple arise from the shape of the leaves.

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    Plant Details
    • Good to know
      Grown for the pendent, bell-shaped, cup-shaped or bowl-shaped flowers, some with highly coloured calyces and stamens.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
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    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Tree
      Small tree
    Planting Tips and Care Advice
    Abutilon - Care Guide
    Shrubs - Care Guide

    Varieties
    ABUTILON 'Estella's Little Bird'
    Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple
    Compact habit, pendulous yellow flowers with red calyces.
     
    2 Litre
    £18.50
    ABUTILON 'Gerdmann's Red'
    Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple
    Orange-red bell-shaped flowers
     
    2 Litre
    £18.50
    ABUTILON 'Ashford Red'
    Deep red
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    Notify me
    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    ABUTILON 'Canary Bird'
    Pure yellow flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    ABUTILON 'Kentish Belle'
    Yellow and crimson, hardier cultivar
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £25.00
    ABUTILON x hybridum 'Savitzii'
    Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple
    Green leaves with creamy-white margins. Pale orange flowers.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    ABUTILON megapotamicum
    Trailing abutilon
    Tubular red & yellow flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    ABUTILON megapotamicum 'Variegatum'
    Trailing abutilon
    Golden variegated form suitable for conservatory growing
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    Notify me
    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    ABUTILON 'Nabob'
    Purple-stalked, deep red flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    ABUTILON 'Orange Hot Lava'
    A striking orange-red new introduction
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    ABUTILON 'Patrick Synge'
    Bowl-shaped flowers with flame red petals
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    ABUTILON x suntense
    Dark mauve to blue flowers
     
    Seeds
    £5.00
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    Availability yet to be determined
    We don't yet know when or if this plant is coming back into stock
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    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.50
    ABUTILON vitifolium 'Album'
    A striking single white with fragrant flowers borne in profusion
     
    Seeds
    £5.00
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £20.00
    ABUTILON vitifolium 'Veronica Tennant'
    Large mauve flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £25.00
    ABUTILON 'Waltz'
    Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple
    Lemon yellow
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet - inc c&p
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet - inc c&p
    £12.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Tomatoes
    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
    1ltr
    £8.00
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