Botanical Name: Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'
Common Name: Variegated flowering maple
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, very loosely branched with slender arching branches – can become treelike with age
Height 6-12'
Spread equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial shade preferred
Soil prefers moist loam, tolerates most
Hardiness some frost (zones 13, 15-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate, mostly 3 lobed with serrate-crenate margins, blades blotched yellow, petioles 2-5" long
Flowers orange, cup-shaped with conspicuous red veined petals, 1-1/2"-2" across, mostly solitary – March-June
Fruit capsule
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
loose filler, background, for flower display informal espalier, woodsy landscapes, can be trained into a small tree
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular watering; not drought tolerant
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back after blooming
Pests/Diseases scale, whitefly
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: South America
Family: Malvaceae

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