2024年6月26日 · Abutilons (Abutilon spp.) look like dwarf flowering maple trees. Read to learn how to care for these colorful flowering shrubs.

The flowers differ with each species, but generally resemble a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock, with colors ranging from white to reds, yellow, orange or several shades of blue. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling.

Flowers are white, red, yellow, pink, or orange. This shrub has leaves that are alternate, simple, maple-like lobed, often variegated, with toothed margins (serrate to crenate) and a pointed tip. Stems tend to be weak. Pinch back to promote stronger, compact plant.

Flowers: 2- to 3-inch long and wide blooms in yellow, orange, red, pink, apricot, purple-red, and white. Bloom time: Spring through summer; Uses: Grow as a houseplant; in mild-winter regions grow outdoors as a shrub; Common name: Flowering maple, Chinese lantern, parlor maple; Botanical name: Abutilon x hybridum and species; Family: Malvaceae

Its bell shaped flowers range in color from white through pink, and from yellow to orange all the way to a deep bronzy red. Its leaves are palmate like a maple hence the common name 'Flowering Maple'.

2018年11月20日 · Albutilon has maple-like palmate deeply lobed leaves and bears colorful delicate looking flowers. Abutilon may flower almost non-stop in shades from white, pale yellow, orange, red, and bi-colors. Abutilon is not too particular about soil (potting media).

The species generally have yellow or orange flowers, but others have red or pink petals with a darker center. The lantern-like buds (L) open (C), to reveal a central staminal column typical of the mallow family (R). Many are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.

2023年8月6日 · Trees with orange flowers look stunning as their peach, apricot, amber, and pale coral colors contrast with lush green foliage. Orange-flowering trees can range in size from small ornamental varieties like the flame azalea or the scarlet wisteria tree to large shade trees like an elder tree or red silk cotton tree.

2022年1月25日 · Abutilon are free-flowering plants with leaves like maple trees and colorful flowers that have the look of crepe paper. Although Abutilon is no relation to the maple tree, it is frequently referred to as the "flowering maple".

2021年12月31日 · Flowering Maple is a plant that has downward-looking variegated orange blooms just like overhead lighting and is relatively bushy. Its flower color may change according to its cultivars. This herbaceous plant usually seems big bushy.