This Abutilon is one of the shade loving plants that I frequently plant. I feel like a have a bit of the
tropics around me with this plant and yet it is amazingly cold hardy considering the tropical look of the
plant, weathering winter temperatures near 20 for me and I hear even colder for others. The unusual shape
of the flower catches my attention. I like the red colored bracts they contrast well with the buttery
yellow petals. This shrub has grown to a loose open shrub up to 8 feet tall for me. The paler mat textured
leaves belong to the abutilon. The glossy leaves belong to a nearby sage. Hummingbirds feed from the Chinese
Lantern flowers by reaching in between the sepals and petals to seek out the nectaries.
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High
Resolution images of Abutilon Seashell are available
