ABUTILON x hybridum ‘Lightning’
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pale yellow chinese lantern
A hardy evergreen shrub up to 2 m tall x 1.5 m wide with many pendulous butter yellow flowers up to 5 cm across much of the year.
A genus of mostly evergreen species from warmer countries, particularly South America. Best known for the varieties with pendulous lantern-like flowers normally pollinated by hummingbirds, and much loved by honey eaters in my own garden. Abutilons flower profusely from late winter through until autumn, prefering enriched soil and a warm aspect in full sun or part shade. Once established they will tolerate light frosts and require only moderat water if also kept mulched, Cut back or tip prune in late winter to promote bushiness.
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