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By Amy


Abutilon  (Abutilon)

This is almost the first plant to flower and one of the last , flowering continuously through the year ..
It will need some protection from the frost .......



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Ar'nt they pretty, I have this yet never knew it needed protection, I have had it now for quite a few years, might be because I have it in a corner next to the wall of my house. Thanks for the info

5 Nov, 2009

amy
Amy
 

I think they are hardier once they have become established Morgana , mine is still young ,this will be it's second year ,,, I should think that yours has proved hardy enough after all this time .... maybe I will dare to leave mine unprotected next year ...... :o)

5 Nov, 2009

 

So pretty....:>)

5 Nov, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Motinet :o)

5 Nov, 2009

 

:o)

5 Nov, 2009

 

Amy - check out my blog 'Good Things Come In Threes'. My abutilon got cut almost to the ground last winter but has come back strongly again. It is tied to a south-facing trellis but gets no protection and flowers right through the winter

5 Nov, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Andrew , I will check your blog , maybe I worry to much about losing them ... :o)

5 Nov, 2009

 

Hi Andrew and Amy when I first bought mine the instructions said cut back each year, mine always grows back better.

5 Nov, 2009

 

Morgana - I just trim mine to fill the space and cut out any shoots growing away from, or backwards through, the trellis. It was just getting to the stage where it needed a good cutting back when the weather did it for me

5 Nov, 2009

 

I will try that this spring then thank you Andrew, I have mine growing with a climbing rose on an oblisk for support.

5 Nov, 2009

 

Its beautiful Amy.....mine never came to anything, can't be the right garden....:o(

5 Nov, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Janey :o)

Oh NO ... Andrew / Morgana ... Please , .Please .........don't make me cut it down , I don't think I could ! it's just growing nicely ..... boo hoo :o(

5 Nov, 2009

 

Lol Amy you do what you want, when I first had mine I did nt cut it, until the following 2 yrs later I found the lable in my shed and read it lol.

5 Nov, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Morgana , I'm not ready to attack it with the secateurs yet ... I'll give it another year at least ... :o)

5 Nov, 2009

 

Don't blame you I feel the same about the passifloras I bought this year as they are different type to the hardier ones, so I am unsure on what to do, when I have them bought into the house.

5 Nov, 2009

 

They look so exotic dont you think? seem to be hardy here. fingers crossed.

26 Nov, 2009



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