About
Abutilon megapotamicum 'Ines' is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub that reaches approximately 1.5 meters in height. It features arching stems adorned with dark green foliage that has elongated, pointed lobes. Throughout the summer and into early autumn, this plant produces hanging, bell-shaped flowers in a pale yellow hue, each surrounded by prominent calyces of deep red-brown.
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
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen, Semi evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Thrives in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position. Ideal for a protected warm wall or large conservatory. May need winter protection
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9; or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood and semi-ripe cuttings at any time; hardwood cuttings in autumn
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly, glasshouse red spider mite, mealybugs and scale insects
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) or a virus