Abutilon ‘Blushing Belle’

Description

Blushing Belle is an ever-blooming dwarf Abutilon with large bright pink flowers. It has a very compact, semi-weeping habit and rarely requires pruning to maintain an attractive shape. It only grows 1-2 feet tall, and can be maintained in a container indefinitely. This plant performs equally as well outdoors on the patio as it does inside on a windowsill.

Blushing Belle is extremely generous with its blooms, and will flower non-stop, even in the dreary winter months making it a perfect houseplant. It blooms in our cold greenhouse all winter, and it blooms in our house in January set on a northern windowsill. This plant is cold hardy enough to tolerate a frost. It is also heat and humidity tolerant enough to sit out in the sun on our patio in July. It rarely complains about anything we throw at it making it a truly versatile plant.

Abutilon are a huge group of plants which comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors. While many Abutilon are large lanky, upright plants, this particular selection is not.  It is a beautiful semi-trailing dwarf variety that maintains its compact shape.  It also responds well to pruning allowing you to easily maintain it to a desired size.

Abutilon is an evergreen perennial in warm climates, and can be easily grown as an outdoor annual or a houseplant in colder climates. It isn’t picky about its environment as long as it receives plenty of water and filtered light.  It is suited for both container culture or planting in the ground.

Because of its leaf and flower shape, Abutilon is known by many different names, they include flowering maple, parlor maple, Indian mallow, Chinese bellflower, and Chinese Lantern.

You will receive 1 Abutilon starter plant in 2.5″ pot for each item added to the cart. An example of starter plants is included in the photos.  The plants are well rooted and are ready to be potted into a larger container.

Looking for a trailing variety or variegated foliage?

Check out Abutilon ‘Little Sunshine’ which is a fantastic dwarf plant with bright yellow flowers.

Hardiness zone: 9

What does hardiness zone 9 mean?

It means that Abutilon are not cold tolerant and require protection from freezing temperatures. If you are growing them outdoors, bring them inside before it starts frosting.  While they will tolerate a light frost, continual cold temperatures will kill them.

Not sure what your hardiness zone is?

Check out the USDA Interactive Zone Map to find out!

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