By Mochiseki
rajasthan, India
Please identify this plant. It looks like an ivy with an orange colored flower bud.
- 24 Mar, 2012
Answers
Leaf shape and flower colour would suggest Abutilon to me also.
24 Mar, 2012
I think this is lovely Mochiseki,will they grow here anyone?
24 Mar, 2012
No reference came up via google with that varietal name, Poppylinda. I'm assuming this one is, like the others, rather tender - they're hardy in zone 9, we're zone 8, so in warm parts of the country, against a sunny, southfacing wall in a mild winter, it might survive a winter outside.
24 Mar, 2012
It looks like Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'.
24 Mar, 2012
thanks
25 Mar, 2012
I don't know what sort of climate Rajasthan has, but if you rarely get frost there, it will probably try to grow into a medium-big shrub.
28 Mar, 2012
Rajasthan has a dry climate with hot summers,In Jaipur max temperatures get up to 45 c and mild winters (min1 to 3c) about 65 inches of rainfall mainly in summers (July to august) . the plant may do fine if it can survive the summer!
28 Mar, 2012
It sounds almost as hot as here in the southern Arizona desert! I would give it shade at least in the afternoon.
29 Mar, 2012
The climate is like southern Arizona, will keep your suggestion in mind, thanks
29 Mar, 2012
I'd say it was Abutilon - not sure of the variety, there is a variegated one known commonly as flowering Acer because it has this leaf shape, its name is Abutilon pictum, but that one has mottled variegated leaves rather than the colouration round the edges. Still an Abutilon though!
24 Mar, 2012