AWARD

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'

 

 

  • 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.

  • Seasonal Interest
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  • Soil Conditions
    Fertile well drained soil
    Neutral to acid soil
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2m (6½ft)
Medium Shrub - guide for size not form Average Person
  2m (6½ft)
 

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