{"id":6369,"date":"2020-02-07T04:30:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T04:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2020-02-07T04:30:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T04:30:59","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-27-abutilon-hybrids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/plant-a-day-2020-day-27-abutilon-hybrids\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 27) Abutilon hybrids"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abutilons are fun plants to grow from seed.  They germinate pretty easily, grow fast, and bloom the first year with impressive blooms.  A strain of hybrids called \u201cBella\u201d came out a decade or so ago and I tried them and ended up with a lovely, large-flowered pink specimen.  Later, I purchased more seeds that were not Bella.  The results were smaller-flowered, but fun in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella2.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6371\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6371\" class=\"wp-image-6371\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella2.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella2.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny2.jpg?resize=474%2C764\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6372\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6372\" class=\"wp-image-6372\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny2.jpg?w=635 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny2.jpg?resize=186%2C300 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6373\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6373\" class=\"wp-image-6373\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Veiny.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6374\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6374\" class=\"wp-image-6374\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Abutilon-Bella.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two greenhouse plants I have of Abutilon are the two pictured above.  I have had a few others, as well, which I planted outside and which come up each year and bloom in the autumn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abutilons are very forgiving plants.  They have survived overwatering and drought and being extremely underpotted and underfed.  The worst challenge they pose for me is that they are tough to grow into a pleasing shape.  They want to grow whippy, leggy branches.  I\u2019ve tried pinching them but that only helps a little \u2013they still don\u2019t branch much.  But they are still beautiful when they bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7058-e1563676484388-768x1024.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5526\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7058-e1563676484388.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7058-e1563676484388.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7058-e1563676484388.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7058-e1563676484388.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My 2020 goals for these two plants are to repot them in the spring into larger pots with fertile soil and to prune them down to a great starting shape.  Then, I\u2019ll just let them grow and bloom, which is what they do best!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abutilons are fun plants to grow from seed. They germinate pretty easily, grow fast, and bloom the first year with impressive blooms. A strain of hybrids called \u201cBella\u201d came out a decade or so ago and I tried them and ended up with a lovely, large-flowered pink specimen. Later, I purchased more seeds that were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/plant-a-day-2020-day-27-abutilon-hybrids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 27) Abutilon hybrids<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6377,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions\/6377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}