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ABUTILON x hybridum 'Savitzii'

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ABUTILON x hybridum 'Savitzii'

Commonly known as Chinese lantern, Flowering maple, Parlour maple

Green leaves with creamy-white margins. Pale orange flowers.

Evergreen
To semi evergreen. Ovate to rounded, 3- to 5-lobed leaves 10-15cm (4-6in) long, with a creamy white edge or almost all white, with grey-green patches
Semi-evergreen
Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
Height
2m (6½ft)
Spread
2m (6½ft)
Medium shrub
Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height

Erect to spreading shrub. Produces few, nodding to pendent flowers
Tall Shrub
Will grow taller under protection
Tender - cool or frost free greenhouse
Tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen. Except in frost-free inner-city areas or coastal extremities requires glasshouse conditions. Plant can withstand temperatures down to 1°C (34°F)
Full sun

ABUTILON x hybridum 'Savitzii'

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£18.50

Collect only available from our nursery nr Redruth in Cornwall

Ready in 3 - 5 days

Normally 3 - 5 days

2 to 3 Litre

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Additional Features

	Good to know	Can flower all through winter in a conservatory
	Pests & Diseases	Whiteflies, red spider mites, mealybugs, scale insects (particularly in greenhouse)
	Place of origin	Garden origin
	Resistant to honey fungus	These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.

Flower Shape

Bell/Lantern

Bell-shaped to 7cm (2¾in) long

Garden Location/Conditions

	Greenhouse / conservatory	Not the sort of plants to be grown outside where there are likely to be frosts. These plants need to be grown in a conservatory or cool greenhouse or at least brought inside for the winter Use loam-based compost (JI No.2) in full light
	Town garden

Hardiness

Tender (greenhouse & conservatory)

Pruning group

Pruning group 6

Suitable for: Evergreen shrubs or climbers that need little to no pruning.
Action: Trim back shoots that spoil symmetry and to fit available space.
When: Annually after flowering if on previous year's growth, or in later Winter or Spring if flowering on current year's growth, or as requires.

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