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Abutilon × milleri hort. 'Variegatum' (v)

Miller abutilon 'Variegatum'

An evergreen shrub with thin, arching shoots and yellow-mottled leaves. From summer to autumn it produces pendent, bell-shaped red and orange flowers. Can be grown against a sunny wall in very sheltered areas, elsewhere it is best grown in a pot and moved under glass over winter

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Size
Ultimate height
1–1.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
2–5 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green Yellow
Summer Orange Red Green Yellow
Autumn Orange Red Green Yellow
Winter Green Yellow
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H3
Botanical details
Family
Malvaceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Bushy
Genus

Abutilon can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, perennials or annuals, with simple or palmately lobed leaves and bell-shaped or bowl-shaped flowers often with conspicuous stamens

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Under glass, grow in peat-free, loam-based compost in full light. While in growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly. Water sparingly in winter. In milder areas train against a warm wall

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • Patio and container plants
  • Sub-tropical
  • Climber and wall shrubs
  • Conservatory and greenhouse
  • Flower borders and beds
  • Wall side borders
Pruning

Pruning group 9 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens

Pests

May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly, glasshouse red spider mite, mealybugs and scale insects

Diseases

May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) or a virus

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