About
Abutilon 'Ashford Red' is an upright to sprawling evergreen shrub that can reach heights of up to 3 meters. It features pale green leaves that are divided into 3 to 5 lobes. From spring through autumn, this plant produces pendant, bell-shaped flowers that can grow as long as 8 centimeters.
About the genus
Abutilon encompasses a variety of growth forms, including evergreen and deciduous shrubs, trees, perennials, and annuals. The foliage can be either simple or palmately lobed, and the flowers are typically bell-shaped or bowl-shaped, frequently featuring prominent stamens.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Mediterranean climate plants, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- 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
- Pruning
- See pruning group 1
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring, or greenwood cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly, mealybugs and scale insects
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) or a virus