Abutilon ‘Orange glow’ (Flowering Maple) is an evergreen shrub with mid-green leaves spotted with yellow. The beautiful Flowering Maple ‘Orange Glow’ enchants with its numerous, orange-colored flowers, which appear from April to November. This plant flowers are bell-shaped. Suitable for beds and borders or containers for outdoor or indoor cultivation. It needs a sunny sheltered spot or if growing under glass, a loam-based compost in full light. Water regularly and apply a balanced liquid fertilizer each month. In winter, water sparingly keeping the growing medium just moist.
Abutilon Orange Glow grows like a shrub and reaches sizes of up to 1.5 m and widths of around 80 cm.
Scientific Classification:
Scientific Name: Abutilon ‘Orange Glow’
Common Names: Flowering Maple ‘Orange Glow’
Family: Malvaceae
Type: Shrub
How to care and grow Abutilon Orange Glow (Flowering Maple)?
Sunlight:
It thrives best in partially shaded place out of direct sun to avoid leaf damage and grown outdoors in warmer climates.
Soil:
It grows well in Moist and free draining.
Water:
Occasional watering
Water sparingly in winter, keeping barely moist.
Temperature:
It prefers a temperature minimum 5°C.
In summer it prefers an ambient temperature between 18 ° C and 22 ° C.
During the winter season temperature is allowed to drop to 12 ° C to 15 ° C.
Humidity:
It requires moist air.
Fertilizer:
When in growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly.
Propagation:
Flowering Maple plant can be easily propagated by seed and cuttings.
Seed
Propagate Abutilon by seed in spring.
Cuttings
Softwood, greenwood or semi-ripe cuttings in summer.
Cultivation
It can be done in
- informal garden
- gravel garden
- Mediterranean garden
- pot or container
- architectural garden
- terrace or courtyard
- rock garden
- lawn or open field
- flower garden
- country garden
- coastal garden
- sub-garden tropical