Abutilon pictum
Painted Abutilon
Abutilon Pictum is a shrub which grows to 5m high and 2m wide. The orange/red bell flowers have dark red veining. It blooms from spring until autumn and often well into winter in warm subtropical regions. The flowers can be eaten raw or cooked. Cultivated for use in gardens and they can be planted in containers for display on a patio outdoors or as winter house plants. They prefer light shade or full sun but it is frost tender. It requires moist, sandy, loamy, or well-drained clay soils.
Contributed by @skellyshelly
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Painted Abutilon
Latin name
Abutilon pictum
type
Shrub
family
Malvaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
2.00 M
Abutilon pictum
Abutilon Pictum is a shrub which grows to 5m high and 2m wide. The orange/red bell flowers have dark red veining. It blooms from spring until autumn and often well into winter in warm subtropical regions. The flowers can be eaten raw or cooked. Cultivated for use in gardens and they can be planted in containers for display on a patio outdoors or as winter house plants. They prefer light shade or full sun but it is frost tender. It requires moist, sandy, loamy, or well-drained clay soils.
Planting as a houseplant
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
If left unrestrained, Abutilon may grow to ten feet in height and spread, so it is important to not provide too large of a planter but it should have good drainage and filled with a quality general purpose houseplant compost. Site it in a well lit position with filtered sunlight and where the daytime temperature is about 70F during the day and about 60F at night.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Plant outdors in spring only in regions where the night temperature does not fall below about 60F. Plant in a moist but will drained soil in a site that offers some proitection from strong winds and in dappled sunlight. Apply a generous layer of well rotted compost into the planting hole and water frequently until established.
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