Abutilon ...

[8er-moni]

Hi!

My Abutilons .....

Do you have pics from yours?????? Thanks!

[bubba]

Great shots! I am not sure I know what those are. I am going to go look!

[8er-moni]

Thanks!

..... and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abutilon

[Randall SD]

Here's a dark red one I have called "Voodoo"

[8er-moni]

Hi Rendall,

Thanks! Your 'Voodoo' looks very pretty - my red one is not so bright red this year?!

[Eric in Orlando]

Here are some we are growing or have grown. The Abutilon x hybridum only grow a few years here before dying out. They are very susceptible to nematodes and we have plenty in our sandy soil.

'Album'

'Canary Bird'

'Clemetine'

'Souvenir de Bonn'

[Eric in Orlando]

'Thompsonii'

'Victor Reiter'

and a couple other species

Abutilon chittendenii, now known as Bakeridesia integerrima, makes a large shrub or small tree

Abutilon grandifolium

[8er-moni]

Hi Eric,

thank you for the great pics!

Your "Souvenir de Bonn" looks extremely marvellous

Last year I bought a white one - linke your "Album" and the seeds germinated well - one plant has now pink blossoms and the second plant has white blossoms

[8er-moni]

These 7 different couloures are from seeds from one white mother (gathered 2007 - germinated Winter 08/09)

Hier mal was Witziges Wink

[PalmatierMeg]

I tried a peach flowered sold as a house plant many years ago when I lived in VA. It eventually stopped blooming and withered away. I don't think it liked being indoors. But they are lovely.

[8er-moni]

Hi Meg,

you are right, they don't like it indoors + warm for longer time! Than they get Whiteflys oder Spider mites

In winter I ceep them in the cellar - dark (they have no leaves in winter) and cold (7-9° C) --- that runs :D:D