\genus{Abutilon}
\family{Malvaceae}{Attractive tender shrubs grown for their beautiful flowers and handsome foliage. Good in the greenhouse or outdoors in California and the South. Best in loose, well-drained soil. Treat like geraniums or fuchsias, as they make good pot plants.}

\species{Hybridum}``\common{flowering maple}''. Nodding, bell-shaped 2-3'' flowers in pastel shades of orange, red, white, and pink. Arching shrub to 10 feet, with broad maple-like leaves. Main blooming period is in the spring, but some colors are almost everblooming. Makes a nice tub plant in the North, and can be pinched to keep compact. Easy to grow from seed; germinates in one or two weeks.

\species{vitifolium} Large blue and white mallow-like 2-3\nicefrac{1}{2} inch flowers. Half-hardy shrub or small tree to 1\nicefrac{1}{2} to 3 feet in cultivation; to 25 feet in the wild. Lobed 6'' leaves. Native to coastal Chile. Said to be hardy to zone 7. Good in the cool greenhouse.

