Abutilon × milleri hort.

RHS Plant Profile

Miller abutilon

RHS

Synonyms

Abutilon × milleri hort., Abutilon pictum 'Milleri'

Shrubs

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An evergreen shrub to 2m tall, with narrowly ovate, 3-lobed leaves and pendent, bell-shaped flowers 4cm long, with apricot-yellow petals and dusky red calyces

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Chalk, Loam, Sand

Max Height

1.5-2.5 metres

Max Spread

1-1.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity: 5–10 years
Max Spread: 1-1.5 metres
Max Height: 1.5-2.5 metres

Growing Conditions

Chalk Loam Sand

Moisture: Well–drained
pH: Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun

Aspect: West–facing or South–facing
Exposure: Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20): H3

Colour & Scent

Season	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family: Malvaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Bushy
Genus: A genus of tender, subtropical, evergreen, woody flowering shrubs with a lax habit and pendulous, bell-shaped red, orange or yellow chinese lantern-like flowers
Name Status: Synonym

How to Grow

Cultivation

Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun with shelter. Ideal for a protected warm wall

Propagation

softwood, greenwood and semi-ripe cuttings at any time; hardwood cuttings in autumn

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
Coastal
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