PlantFiles: Flowering Maple
Abutilon 'White'

I second the comment that this will grow well in shade. It blooms for me almost year-round and looks fabulous against a dark brown fence. The leaves get a little ratty looking in extreme heat and it's subject to aphids, but it always bounces back after a vigorous pruning. It can be easily pruned into a standard, but it's necessary to cut back branches once or twice a year or they will get leggy.

Abutilons are great in the ground, in containers on the patio or grown indoors. It will grow proportionally to the size of pot in which it is planted.

This particular abutilon is nice because of the evergreen foliage and simple white petals. It will thrive in bright shade without direct sun and provise a nice backdrop for other white bloomers and tropicals.

Another Monterey Bay Nursery winner. White fading to a touch of pinkish creame at the end , makes for a stylish and hardy ever-bloomer. Down to 25f ,yet tropical in looks. Malvaceae family,has the same Hibiscus-like qualitiy, but the lasting ability to stay in bloom for a week or more.A great addition in white.