Abundant numbers of large blue/purple mallow- like
2 - 3 1/2" inch wide bowl shaped flowers in early summer and maple like
leaves. Abutilon is an ideal plant for a cool greenhouse, and will live
happily outside in the summer on a patio or other sunny, sheltered spot
in the garden. Being half-hardy, Abutilon Vitifolium needs protection
from frosts. Plants growing outside on the patio should ideally be
brought indoors for winter and kept in a light, frost-free place,
watered sparingly, until the following spring.
Container grown Abutilons do tend to be smaller than those growing in
the ground but have the advantage of being able to be moved to a warmer
site during the colder months. Abutilon vitifolium can be pruned in
summer after flowering. Dead heading will keep the plant vigorous and
prolong the flowering season. Zone 7+
Seeds Available
Syn: Corynabutilon vitifolium
Sandersonia aurantiaca, known as christmas bells,
is a climbing bulbous plant from South Africa with attractive
orange-yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
These beautiful and long-lasting flowers were once common in their wild
habitat of Swaziland, but are now threatened due to the expansion of
agricultural activities.
Sandersonia is a half hardy, perennial. Grow in a sheltered, sunny site
with well-drained soil. As its name suggest, the flowers have a very
unusual urn-like shape, and form at the tips of slender, bow-shaped
stems. Highly prized and long lasting cut flower.
Seed are available
