About
Abutilon 'Snowfall' is a semi-evergreen perennial shrub characterized by its wide leaves and continuous display of white flowers. This plant is beneficial for pollinators, drawing in bees and other insects, making it suitable for wildlife-friendly gardens. It thrives in warm and humid conditions, making it a practical choice for those in hotter climates.
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, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Columnar upright
- Foliage
- Semi evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow outdoors in sunny or partial shade sheltered border. Grow under glass in peat-free, loam-based compost in full light
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring
- 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