Abutilon X hybrids Family: Malvaceae (250+ species) Common Name(s): flowering maple Grown by: Ted Kipping, San Francisco abutilon - from the Arabic for a mallow like plant Tropics and subtropics of New World, Africa, Asia and Australia. Abutilons are cane like mallow-hibiscus relatives from which bloom nonstop year-round in our mild climate, pleasing hummingbird and horticulturists alike. You can even add the colorful corollas to your salads like Tropaeolums but mellower or is that mallower? Grow in full sun to part shade, freestanding and espaliered a great way to quickly increase privacy along a fence line. Ted showed two selections attaining 4-5 feet and about another twenty selected for heights of 16-18 feet Photo by Steve Morse