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James H. Schutte
(Abutilon, Indian Mallow)
Indian mallow is an ever-blooming shrub that bears numerous small, gold, orange or salmon flowers with red veins. The hibiscus-like flowers are colorful and nod gracefully on the open branches of this evergreen to semi-evergreen Brazilian shrub. Its leaves are maple-like, with rounded lobes and soft medium green to dark green. When young, Indian mallow has an upright habit and becomes more rounded as it ages.
This easy to cultivate plant grows best in sites with partial sun and rich, well-drained...
James H. Schutte
(Indian Mallow, Thompson's Flowering Maple)
This is one of the most popular flowering maples in cultivation. It is best known for its green maple-like leaves that are speckled with yellow. This ever-blooming, evergreen shrub is commonly grown as a bedding plant in temperate zones and also boasts lovely hibiscus-like flowers of salmon orange. ‘Thompsonii’ attains a more upright form than the parent species, which hails from Brazil.
This easy to cultivate plant grows best in sites with partial sun and rich, well-drained soil with even moisture....
Michael Charters, www.calflora.net
(Butter and Cheese, Sweet Forest Abutilon)
Abutilon, commonly called flowering maple, embodies approximately 150 species and many more cultivated varieties. These may be annuals, perennials or shrubs and naturally exist in sub-tropical to tropical regions globally. Many perennial species and shrubs are grown as a tender perennial for containers and annual flower beds. Common hybrid forms arise from crosses between the two parent species, Abutilon darwinii and Abutilon pictum.
While growing conditions are favorable abutilons...
Jesse Saylor
(Butter-print, Indian Mallow, Indian-hemp)
Abutilon, commonly called flowering maple, embodies approximately 150 species and many more cultivated varieties. These may be annuals, perennials or shrubs and naturally exist in sub-tropical to tropical regions globally. Many perennial species and shrubs are grown as a tender perennial for containers and annual flower beds. Common hybrid forms arise from crosses between the two parent species, Abutilon darwinii and Abutilon pictum.
While growing conditions are favorable abutilons...
Jessie Keith
(Drummond's Wattle)
A delightful shade-tolerant acacia for small dryland gardens, this evergreen shrub from Southwest Australia offers delicate foliage and bright blooms. The upright to arching, head-high plants produce fuzzy cylindrical spikes of bright canary-yellow flowers from early to mid-spring. Dainty, pinnately divided, dark green leaves are borne in small tufted clusters along the branches. Pea-like seedpods follow the flowers, maturing to brown.
This frost-tender shrub likes well-drained soil, suffers...
James Burghardt
(Caterpillar Plant, Chenille Plant, Red-hot Cat's Tail)
Dramatically filled with long, drooping catkins of velvety red flowers during the warm months, chenille plant is one of the tropical world's prettiest plants. It is a heat-loving broadleaf evergreen shrub native to Malaysia and New Guinea. It is grown for its pendulous fluffy red flowers that look much like fuzzy caterpillars. Interestingly, the French word for caterpillar is "chenille", the reason for its common name. Plants are dioecious - either male or female in gender, and only the showier-blooming...
Grandiflora
(Copperleaf, Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific islands, copperleaf bears brightly colored foliage in shades or red, purple, bronze and green. It is a popular landscape plant in subtropical and tropical zones and planted as a houseplant or annual in cooler zones. The name, Acalypha wilkesiana, honors Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, an American Naval Officer who explored the South Pacific during the mid-1800s.
Beautiful, mottled leaves are the reason copperleaf is so popular in the garden. They...
Nancy Engel
(Beyond Paradise Acalypha, Copperleaf, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Spectacular bold foliage makes ‘Beyond Paradise’ a must-have for the tropical garden. This Proven Winners'selection sports large leaves mottled with rich copper, olive, rose and dark green.
An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific islands, copperleaf bears bright foliage in many mixed colors. It is a popular landscape plant in subtropical and tropical zones and planted as a houseplant or annual in cooler zones. The name, Acalypha wilkesiana, honors Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, an American...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(Blaze Copperleaf, Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Setting the landscape a-fire in color, copperleaf ‘Blaze’ is a dwarf selection with stunning foliage. The pretty leaves are lance shaped, burgundy over green and the variegated fuchsia margin is toothed. Copperleaf is an evergreen shrub native to the islands of the Pacific. It is a popular landscape plant in warmer climates and used as a houseplant or annual in cooler zones.
Beautiful leaves are the reason copperleaf is so popular. They are usually large, oval to elliptically shaped and alternate...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(Copperplant, Dwarf Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
The compact copperplant, 'Cypress Elf', has delightful narrow, pendulous leaves that are reddish bronze to green with pink or magenta margins. Unlike other copperleafs, this super bushy selection has subdued colors amenable to many landscape planting schemes. It even looks great in containers. This cultivar may also be sold under the name,'Mardi Gras.'
An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific islands, copperleaf bears brightly colored foliage in shades or red, purple, bronze and green. It...