Re: Fw: Unknown plant

At 02:58 AM 2/14/2005, you wrote:
Thanks everybody for there suggestions. I found the plant under Google. It is Abutilon angulatum, which comes from South Africa and Zimbabwe. It seems to be still very rare as garden plant. This winter we had a extreme cold night for the Algarve and it was -1degee C in my garden. The Abutilon only lost a few lower leaves, but kept flowering.
I previous suspected already that it was an Abutilon, but at that time I could not find a picture on Google which looked like it.

Wim
Hi Wim -

I am not familiar with A. angulatum - my guess would have been Abutilon theophrasti, whos leaves are velvety and soft (very reminiscent of Sparmannia, as you mention). I do recall seeing A. theophrasti in old gardens in Italy. There is also a Southwestern native that is very similar - A. palmeri, often sold in those parts for gardens. A. theophrasti can become quite large, but can be trimmed and slightly 'hedged' just as Spamannia. The first time I say this plant was in a garden that got little attention and probably no supplemental irrigation (though it was in the path of our summer fog inside the California 'Golden Gate').

Lovely color - that cool, soft apricot yellow.

Regards,
Seán O.

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