Abutilon purpurascens

Habitat

Exposition

Plein soleil ou mi-ombre

Humidité

Sol sec à moyen.

Sol

Tous sols. Nécessite un sol drainant.

pH

Sol acide ou calcaire

Rusticité

Zone 9

Habitat originel

Inconnu

Origine géographique

S. America - Brazil.

Comestibilité

• Flowers - cooked .
• Used as a vegetable [1, 2, 105, 177].

Culture

• Requires full sun or part day shade and a fertile well-drained soil [200].
• Plants are not very hardy in Britain, they tolerate light frosts and so can be grown outdoors in the mildest areas of the country but are best if given a minimum temperature of 10°c over the winter [133].
• It is probably best to grow them outdoors in a tub during the summer and overwinter them indoors from October to April or May [1].
• Les plantes de ce genre sont notamment résistantes aux armillaires (champignons) [200].

Propagation

• Seed - sow March in a warm greenhouse .
• The seed germinates in 3 - 4 weeks at 15°c [133].
• When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter .
• Plant them out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and consider giving them some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors .
• Cuttings of young shoots in spring .
• Very easy, they root quickly [1].
• Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July in a frame [200].
• Very easy, they root quickly [1].
• Cuttings of mature wood, November in a cold frame .