Apfelsine is the German word for orange (the fruit, that is), so it’s no surprise that that was the name bestowed on this variety, which sports large open bell shaped flowers of richest, well, orange. It’s a good strong upright grower and will form a rounded bushy shrub with flowers in profusion right through the growing season.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Apfelsine from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Apfelsine is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant rich orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Apfelsine is available from Paddock Plants.
Aphrodite , the Greek goddess of love and beauty lends her name - very aptly - to this particularly beautiful form. Cerise pink flowers dangle among fresh green pointed foliage on a well structured upright shrub. An arresting sight in full bloom.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
Abutilon Aphrodite is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant cerise pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Aphrodite is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Ashford Red is a well known and popular cultivar, with a tall upright habit and strikingly deep red flowers throughout the season. Vigorous, so can be pruned hard in early spring and as required thereafter. Needs protection from frost, but well worth the effort.
Hardy to around 0C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
Abutilon Ashford Red is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Ashford Red is available from Paddock Plants.
Pure white flowers on a tall elegant plant: Boule de Neige remains the benchmark for white abutilons. One of the oldest varieties still in cultivation, Boule de Neige originated in France, probably in the 1850s, and was being grown in the UK by the early 1870s and in the USA by the middle of that decade.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 250 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Boule Neige from plant material obtained from Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Abutilon Boule de Neige is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant pure white bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Boule de Neige will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Buttercup - well, we offer no prizes for guessing the colour of the flowers on this attractive variety, which forms a nice compact rounded shrub festooned with large open bell-like flowers in a luminous shade of yellow. Good grower and very floriferous. One of our favourites.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To around 100 cm.
The earliest reference we can find to Buttercup as a named cultivar is 1879, so it’s certainly one of the older abutilons still in cultivation.
Abutilon Buttercup is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant clear yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Buttercup is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Canary Bird is a selection that dates back to the end of the 19th century, the height of the Victorians’ enthusiasm for these and other tropical shrubs; it’s also one of the varieties that fired Rob’s enthusiasm for them. Tall, vigorous and heavy flowering. Still one of the best.
Hardy to around 0C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
Abutilon Canary Bird is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant lemon yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Canary Bird is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Cerise Queen seems likely to be a late 20th century cultivar: we have seen it referenced in a gardening book dated 1998 where it is described as having rich pink flowers with overlapping spiralling petals. Which it does. And very nice it is too.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Cerise Queen from a French grower.
Abutilon Cerise Queen is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant rich pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Cerise Queen is available from Paddock Plants.
Cloth of Gold is an old variety of abutilon, dating back to at least 1882, but it can still hold its own against more modern introductions, with its prolific flowers of clear golden yellow and robust bushy habit.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
Abutilon Cloth of Gold is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Cloth of Gold is available from Paddock Plants.
A highly unusual colouring for an abutilon, Color Sensation’s flowers are the usual large open bells in a distinctive and delicate shade of pale rosy lilac with prominent veining. Very nice. Sensational, you might say.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Color Sensation from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Color Sensation is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant pale lilac bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
This cultivar is unfortunately no longer in our collection, having been lost in the winter of 2022/23.
Abutilon Emperor is a tall vigorous shrub with a profusion of deep crimson red flowers throughout the growing season. An old variety, dating back to around 1880, and probably not the same plant as the one marketed as Red Emperor, particularly in Australia. Best protected from frost, so needs a very sheltered site or growing in a pot, which can be taken in if necessary in winter.
We originally sourced Abutilon Emperor from a French grower.
Hardy to around 0C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm.
Abutilon Emperor is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep crimson red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Emperor is available from Paddock Plants.
Estella’s Little BIrd is a relatively new arrival on these shores, hailing from the USA. It’s a Megapotamicum hybrid but has a nice compact upright habit, throwing out plenty of branches which are decorated along their length with dainty clear yellow flowers throughout the summer months. We like the flared edges on the petals.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 50 to 100 cm.
Abutilon Estella’s Little Bird is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant clear yellow flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Estella’s Little Bird will be available from Paddock Plants.
The name Fairy Tales is an appropriate one for an abutilon whose shell pink flowers, with darker veining, have an air of ephemeral delicacy about them. Makes a nice bushy but fairly compact shrub.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To around 120 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Fairy Tales from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Fairy Tales is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant shell pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
This cultivar is unfortunately no longer in our collection, having been lost in the winter of 2022/23.
Feuerwerk is the German for firework, and that’s what you get with this abutilon, whose open bell shaped blooms are a dramatic fiery deep red with paler veining and greenish yellow centres. It puts on quite a show, too, flowering prolifically and over a long period.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Feuerwerk from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Feuerwerk is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Feuerwerk is available from Paddock Plants.
Flamenco is one of Steve Yandall’s Dancing Ladies trio of abutilons, bred for vigour and hardiness. The flowers are conspicuously large and are a striking deep wine red in colour. Very very nice.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Flamenco is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and large pendant dark red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Flamenco will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Fool’s Gold boasts choice dangling flowers, golden orange in colour with noticeably flared edges to the petals and prominently marked with dark reddish veining, from spring through to autumn. An unusual and very attractive form.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Fool’s Gold is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant golden orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Fool’s Gold is available from Paddock Plants.
A relatively recent US introduction, Gerdemann’s Red is a compact cultivar that produces copious quantities of small but perfectly formed pendant flowers in a shade best described as tomato red. It clearly has megapotamicum in its makeup so should have a good degree of cold tolerance. Forms a nice well-branched bushy shrub.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 50 cm to 100 cm.
Abutilon Gerdemann’s Red is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant tomato red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Gerdemann’s Red will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Giant Orange forms a vigorous upright shrub, with the giant part of the name referring to the large open orange bell shaped flowers that are marked with strong red veining. Very prolific in flower.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Giant Orange from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Giant Orange is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant red veined orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Giant Orange is available from Paddock Plants.
Golden Fleece is an old variety of abutilon, dating back to the 19th century (it is mentioned in a nursery catalogue of 1887 as a new introduction), bearing some resemblance to its fellow Victorian Canary Bird, but differing in having flowers of a richer, deeper shade of yellow and some purplish colouration to the stems. It is a vigorous grower and prolific bloomer, flowering for most months in the calendar year, given the right conditions.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Golden Fleece from a French grower.
Abutilon Golden Fleece is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant golden yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
This cultivar is unfortunately no longer in our collection, having been lost in the winter of 2022/23.
The name Golden Terrracotta suggests colours from the warmer side of the colour palette, and so it is, with the flowers generally being a rich golden shade with reddish veining. We say generally, because quite often flowers will take on a deeper hue, closer to terracotta than gold, making for an arresting sight when you have blooms of differing shades on the plant at the same time.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Golden Terracotta from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Golden Terracotta is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant rich gold bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Golden Terracotta is available from Paddock Plants.
Himbeere is the German word for raspberry and that’s definitely the shade of the large and luscious dark red flowers on this cultivar. Delicious. A prolific bloomer over a very long season.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Himbeere from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Himbeere is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant raspberry red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Himbeere is available from Paddock Plants.
Not a small plant as the name might suggest, Abutilon Hinton Seedling is in fact a tall arching shrub with a long lasting succession of deep orangey red bell-shaped flowers along the branches. Makes for a fine specimen against a wall, fence or trellis.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Hinton Seedling is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant reddish orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Hinton Seedling is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Ines is a Megapotanicum hybrid, as you can tell by the shape of the flowers, which are parchment yellow with contrasting brownish maroon sepals. More compact and bushy in form than the parent species. Very prolific in flower.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Ines is originally an introduction by Monterey Bay Nursery in the USA.
Abutilon Ines is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant parchment yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Ines is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Isabella is a distinctive and exceptionally attractive variety, with an abundance of delicate white bell shaped flowers laced with cherry pink veining. Not sure who Isabella is, but her namesake is certainly a thing of beauty.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Isabella from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Isabella is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and white bell shaped flowers with cherry pink veining in summer and autumn.
Abutilon Isabella is available from Paddock Plants.
John Thompson is a fine upstanding well-branched shrub with lots of large open bell shaped flowers in a striking shade of sunny golden yellow. Although we think it’s a modern variety, you have to wonder if there is any connection with Abutilon Pictum var. Thompsonii? Whether there is or not, it’s a handsome thing.
Hardy to around 0C or perhaps a bit lower. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
Abutilon John Thompson is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant golden yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon John Thompson will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Kentish Belle is a popular Megapotamicum hybrid of long standing, whose tall arching branches are decorated with dangling orangey yellow flowers with a dark red calyx. Given its habit, it is a good choice for growing against a wall or fence or over a pergola. Known to be hardier than most.
Kentish Belle dates back to the 1950s and was bred by Mr A V Pike, the then head gardener at Hever Castle in Kent.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Kentish Belle is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant orangey yellow flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Kentish Belle is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Kleine Schönheit - the name translates as Little Beauty - has bell shaped flowers in a unique and warm combination of orange, red and pink. Thinking that blood orange might come close to describing it. Beautiful indeed.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Kleine Schönheit from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Kleine Schönheit is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant blood orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Kleine Schönheit is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Lachskönigin (which translates into English as Salmon Queen) has large bell shaped flowers of delicate salmon pink highlighted by darker veining. The petals are often slightly curved and curled at the edges. Very attractive and definitely one of our favourites.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Lachskönigin from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Lachskönigin is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant salmon pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lachskönigin is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Leila Jackson produces copious quantities of large open bell-shaped flowers of a vivid orangey yellow with a reddish-brown calyx and delicate deep red markings to the centres. Forms a strong upright and bushy shrub.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
This variety was named in honour of the erstwhile owner of abutilon specialists T3 Wallend nursery.
Abutilon Leila Jackson is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant orange yellow bell shaped flowers with red centres in summer and autumn.
Abutilon Leila Jackson is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Lilac Jewel certainly has flowers that can be described as lilac pink, though deep fuchsia pink might also seem appropriate. No matter, what’s in a name? It’s without question a jewel of a plant.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Lilac Jewel from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Lilac Jewel is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep lilac pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lilac Jewel is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Lilac Wonder has flowers whose deep pink to purple colouration is certainly best described as lilac and, we suppose, wonderful. Very beautiful: the only thing missing is the scent that its namesake possesses. But then you can’t have everything.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Lilac Wonder from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Lilac Wonder is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep pink to purple bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lilac Wonder is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Lilli’s flowers are of a very refreshing colour - orangey red or reddish orange, as you prefer. Plenty of them, too, on an upright and well branched shrub.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Lilli from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Lilli is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant reddish orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lilli is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Lillian has lustrous, almost polished, open bell-shaped flowers of deepest fuchsia pink, both in abundance and over a lengthy flowering period. A German introduction dating from 2012.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C or perhaps a little more. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Lillian from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Lillian is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep fuchsia pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lillian is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Linda Vista Peach is an attractive cultivar, with apricot-coloured flowers (shouldn’t that be peach?) tinged with red in the centres. Probably late 20th century. Linda Vista is the F1 seed production company based in Costa Rica and founded by Claude Hope, who developed the Bella series, so we assume this is one of his. Compact in habit, so good in a patio pot.
Hardy to around 0C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Linda Vista Peach is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant peachy apricot bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Linda Vista Peach is available from Paddock Plants.
Louis Marignac is an old and very beautiful abutilon cultivar, with a plentiful supply of rounded sugar pink flowers on a sturdy plant.
Awarded a first class certificate as a new flower by the Royal Horticultural Society at their Chiswick Trials in 1878. Likely to have been brought to the UK by English nureryman William Bull from the French nursery of Victor Lemoine.
Hardy to around 0C, perhaps lower. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Louis Marignac is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant sugar pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Louis Marignac will be available from Paddock Plants.
Lucky Lantern Tangerine is a compact cultivar, originally raised in Australia and part of a series comprising four colour variations, with a lovely bushy habit and a proliferation of open bell shaped flowers in a striking shade of peachy orange or, as the name would suggest, tangerine. Good in a pot and remarkably cold hardy, perhaps more than suggested below.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 50 cm to 100 cm.
We grew this variety a few years back when it was subject to PBR in the UK (it no longer is) and have only this year (2023) acquired a new plant from which to propagate.
Abutilon Lucky Lantern Tangerine is a half hardy compact evergreen shrub with pendant vivid orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Lucky Lantern Tangerine will be available from Paddock Plants.
Marion is one of the very best orange-flowered cultivars, sporting large open well veined flowers in a vivid strong shade of said colour. It’s a vigorous grower and can form quite a large shrub, though it is easily kept more restricted by regular pruning. Sometimes called Orange Marion, and not to be confused with Marion Stewart, which is a very different variety.
Hardy to around 0C, though may be hardier than that. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Marion is a tender evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant vivid orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Marion will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Master Michael has cherry red flowers.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
Abutilon Master MIchael is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant cherry red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Master Michael is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Megapotamicum is one of the few species plants generally available. Its tall arching, sometimes sprawling, habit makes it ideal as a subject for a warm wall or fence. Distinctive yellow -petalled flowers protruding from an inflated red calyx dangle along the branches, making for an eye-catching sight when in full throttle.
Hardy to around -5C or perhaps a little more. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
Native to South America, found in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina in high mountain valleys. A variegated type is also in circulation. Much hybridised to produce new and distinct cultivars.
Abutilon Megapotamicum is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant yellow and red flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Megapotamicum is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon x Milleri is a vigorous arching hybrid of Megapotanicum with sturdy dark-coloured stems and dangling apricot to golden yellow flared bell-shaped flowers with dusky red calyces. It can be grown against a warm wall or fence but will also stand alone as a graceful tall shrub, given a sheltered location.
An old variety originally hybridised in Austria, dating back to 1878.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
Abutilon x Milleri is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant golden yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon x Milleri is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Moonlight Shadow produces a very subtle and delicately coloured flower that starts out palest moon yellow, fading to milky white with hints of pink. An ephemeral beauty.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Moonlight Shadow from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Moonlight Shadow is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant white bell shaped flowers flushed pink in summer and autumn.
This cultivar is unfortunately no longer in our collection, having been lost in the winter of 2022/23.
Abutilon Nabob is an old variety but still one of the very best, with large deep maroon bell shaped flowers from spring to autumn, a strong upright habit and striking dark hued stems. A remarkable sight in full bloom.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
One of the abutilons that Rob saw long ago in the conservatory at Knightshayes in Devon and that helped kindle his passion for these plants.
Abutilon Nabob is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep maroon bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Nabob is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Old Rose Belle sounds lovely, and it is, with open soft pink flowers with prominent veining dangling among the jagged heart shaped foliage throughout most of the year. It will remain fairly compact so makes for a good potted specimen. We believe it to be a cultivar originally developed by long-standing US nursery Logee’s, probably in the mid 20th century.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Old Rose Belle is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant soft pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Old Rose Belle is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Orange Hot Lava is a Megapotanicum hybrid and sports a multitude of flared and fluted flowers with petals in volcanic orange streaked with noticeable red veining. The maroon sepals and dark stems make for a very distinctive look overall.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
This variety was originally introduced in 2005 by Luen Miller of Monterey Bay Nursery in Oregon, USA. It has appeared more recently in the UK.
Abutilon Orange Hot Lava is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant orange flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Orange Hot Lava is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Patrick Synge bears the name of a 20th century botanist and is a splendid upright Megapotanicum hybrid with nice sturdy dark stems along which dangle deep orange flowers with contrasting dark brownish red calyces. Good against a sheltered wall or fence.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm.
Abutilon Patrick Synge is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant deep orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Patrick Synge is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Pictum var. Thompsonii has as its principal characteristic divided dark green foliage conspicuously mottled and splashed with creamy yellow variegation, among which hang open bell shaped salmon pink blooms. Not a particularly prolific bloomer, but the foliage makes up for that. An old and popular variety.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 to 200 cm.
Abutilon Pictum Thompsonii is a half hardy evergreen shrub with variegated foliage and pendant salmon pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Pictum var. Thompsonii is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Pink Charm is a charming (sorry) hybrid of Abutilon Megapotanicum, so will do well trained against a wall or fence. The clear pink flowers have slightly flared petals and a brown calyx and are produced prolifically throughout the growing season.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
Abutilon Pink Charm is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple-like foliage and pendant clear pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Pink Charm is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Red Tiger is the one everybody wants. A tall upright shrub with jagged deeply cut maple like foliage and a profusion of orangey yellow almost spherical flowers with heavy red veining. Spectacular and highly desirable.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 200 cm or more.
For a long time Abutilon Red Tiger was impossible to find on this side of the Atlantic; in the past few years we have had a hand in making it more widely available.
Abutilon Red Tiger is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple-like foliage and pendant red veined orangey yellow flowers flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Red Tiger is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Rosela is en excellent pink cultivar, bearing large bell-like coral pink flowers with darker veining, often developing hints of apricot as they age. Fairly compact, at around 4 feet, and long flowering.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Rosela from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Rosela is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant coral pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
This cultivar is unfortunately no longer in our collection, having been lost in the winter of 2022/23.
The name, which translates as Red Volcano, tells what you need to know about this variety, with its rich fiery red open bell shaped flowers held in profusion on the arching branches of a well formed vigorous shrub.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 to 200 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Roter Vulkan from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Roter Vulkan is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant rich fiery red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Roter Vulkan is available from Paddock Plants.
Russell’s Dwarf is, as the name suggests, a more compact cultivar, growing to around a metre in height. The striking arrowshaped leaves display mottled creamy yellow variegation, and the medium sized open bell-shaped flowers are coloured a strong crimson red. Laurence Hatch’s 2013 cultivar guide lists it but doesn’t offer any suggestions as to origin.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 50 to 100 cm.
Abutilon Russell’s Dwarf is a half hardy evergreen shrub with variegated foliage and pendant crimson red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Russell’s Dwarf will be available from Paddock Plants.
A very beautiful cultivar, Abutilon Satin Pink Belle has large bell shaped flowers with slightly incurved petals, so creating a, rounded, almost spherical shape, all in a clear rosy pink with noticeable whitish pink veining. As lovely as its name suggests.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Satin Pink Belle is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant clear pink bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Satin Pink Belle is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Schneeflocke has large pure white open bell shaped flowers, with the yellow anthers providing a subtle counterpoint. No surprise that the English translation of the cultivar name is Snowflake.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Schneeflocke from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Schneeflocke is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant pure white bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Schneeflocke is available from Paddock Plants.
Snowfall, as the name suggests, has medium sized flowers of pure bridal white, exceptional in their clarity. It’s a fairly compact grower with a pleasingly bushy and well branched habit. The earliest reference to this cultivar appears to be mid 1990s on the website of US nursery Logee’s. Now hard to find but worth seeking out.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 150 cm.
Abutilon Snowfall is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant pure white bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Snowfall will be available from Paddock Plants.
Very large, very open bell shaped flowers in a distinctive and highly unusual shade of warm pinkish orange are what sets Abutilon Sonnenkind, or Sun Child, apart from the rest. A lovely thing in bloom, which is most of the time.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 to 200 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Sonnenkind from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Sonnenkind is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant pinkish orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Sonnenkind is available from Paddock Plants.
Souvenir de Bonn is an old variety of abutilon, popular in the Victorian era for the variegation of its maple-like leaves, which are deep green edged with cream. The veined orange flowers are striking in contrast to the foliage, though not as numerous as in some other hybrids. Its vigorous upright habit makes this a splendid feature plant, whether in the ground or in a large container.
Hardy to around 0C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 250 cm.
Abutilon Souvenir de Bonn is a half hardy evergreen shrub with cream edged maple-like foliage and pendant veined orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Souvenir de Bonn is available from Paddock Plants.
Just the thing to cheer you up on a cloudy day, Abutilon Sunny lives up to its name by producing large open bell shaped flowers of golden yellow with some red shading to the centres.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Sunny from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Sunny is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant golden yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Sunny is available from Paddock Plants.
Other than it being a cultivar of Australian origins (surprise, surprise) we don’t know much about Sydney Belle, other than it is a good vigorous shrub with a plentiful supply of open clear lemon yellow bell shaped flowers. But who needs more than that?
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Sydney Belle is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant lemon yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Sydney Belle will be available from Paddock Plants.
A fairly new introduction, Abutilon Tango is one of the Dancing Ladies series created by Steve Yandall in the early 2000s and bred for hardiness and vigour. Tango forms a tall arching shrub with dangling flared bell shaped flowers in an eye-catching shade of flaming orange veined with red.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
As our much-loved cat was called Tango, we are obliged to grow this variety. No question.
Abutilon Tango is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant rich orange bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Tango is available from Paddock Plants.
Ventnor Gold is a sport of Abutilon x Milleri with particularly large golden yellow flowers, dicovered and developed at Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight in the mid 1990s. The trailing habit means it ideally requires support against a warm wall or fence. The variety was thought lost to cultivation post 2005 but a plant was discovered ten years or so later, from which a new generation of this cultivar has been created.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Ventnor Gold is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and large pendant golden yellow flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Ventnor Gold will be available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Versicolor has the interesting characteristic of producing flowers in a range of colours on the same plant - warm shades including varations on red, yellow and apricot. It’s a variety that will certainly keep you guessing!
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Versicolor from a German grower, and we believe it to be one of their named varieties.
Abutilon Versicolor is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant red, yellow or apricot bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Versicolor is available from Paddock Plants.
Reputedly the only double-flowered cultivar and certainly rarely seen in the UK, Abutilon Victorian Lady is a vigorous upright shrub with bell shaped flowers made up of ruffled soft pink double petals around yellow stamens. Very striking and highly desirable.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 200 cm.
Victorian Lady is not the easiest abutilon to propagate, so availability is likely to be limited.
Abutilon Victorian Lady is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant ruffled pink double bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Victorian Lady is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Violet Melody might have a slightly odd name, but it is a striking shrub, bearing lots of open bell shaped flowers in a lustrous shade of violet, often displaying conspicuous veining on the petals. We are unclear about its origins, but it is a remarkably nice variety.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 180 cm.
We originally sourced Abutilon Violet Melody from a French grower.
Abutilon Violet Melody is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant violet purple bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Violet Melody is available from Paddock Plants.
Abution Vitifolium is the hardiest of these lovely shrubs, good for growing against a wall or as a free-standing specimen in a sheltered spot. Showy saucer shaped mauve to lilac flowers are produced spring into early summer and sometimes later. It is deciduous, so loses its felted grey green leaves in winter. Now known as Corynabutilon Vitifolium.
Hardy to around -5C or perhaps even lower. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. To 350 cm.
Rob has grown this lovely shrub in locations as different as against the warm wall of a stone-built cottage in Devon and as a free standing specimen in a Cambridgeshire garden (and there it can get pretty cold in winter!).
Abutilon Vitifolium is a fairly hardy evergreen shrub with grey green foliage and mauve saucer shaped flowers in spring and summer.
Abutilon Vitifolium is available from Paddock Plants.
Abutilon Waltz – a partner to Tango and Flamenco in Steve Yandall’s Dancing Ladies series – is another fine specimen, tall and vigorous with a succession of dangling open bowl-shaped lemon yellow flowers. The most floriferous of the series. Good against a wall or in a pot.
Hardy to around -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 100 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Waltz is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant lemon yellow bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Waltz is available from Paddock Plants.
A well known megapotamicum hybrid, Wisley Red is in fact more a strong orange in terms of the colour of the flower petals, but there are reddish tones, and the dark red veining on them is noticeable. Its arching habit makes it best suited to growing against a warm wall or fence or over a pergola.
Hardy to around 0C to -5C. Sun or semi-shade. Any reasonable soil. 150 cm to 200 cm.
Abutilon Wisley Red is a half hardy evergreen shrub with maple like foliage and pendant orangey red bell shaped flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
Abutilon Wisley Red is available from Paddock Plants.
