Rare and unusual perennial plants for the Mediterranean climate.


 

Plants

 


The plants are listed in alphabetical order.
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Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Dame Vanessa'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

12-24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bright yellow flowers

Zone

8-11

Description, Notes

heat tolerant, perfect for hanging baskets

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Kristen's Pink'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

12-16" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

3", bell shaped, touch of salmon to soft rose flowers

Zone

9-11

Description, Notes

heat tolerant, heavy bloomers, perfect container plant for summer

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon megapotamicum ‘Paisley’

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

3-5’ tall, vining shrub which appreciates light support

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

pendant apricot blooms with dark sepals throughout the year, spotted foliage lights up any shady area

Zone

8 and higher

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Nabob'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

4' X 8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

well covered by large, dark leaves, exceptionally large, maroon flowers

Zone

7-11

Description, Notes

most sought after hybrids

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen shrub

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6-8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

red-orange fragrant flowers

Zone

9-11

Description, Notes

blooms all year

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Pink Parasol'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 4' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

dark, satiny leaves & widely spreading blossoms verging on mauve

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6-8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

distinctive, large green leaves edged in a mottled creamy white

Zone

hardy to 25° F

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Victor Reiter'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

8' tall or more

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

large, broad deep green leaves, huge, salmon colored flowers

Zone

 

Description, Notes

sturdy, upright

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon vitifolium

Common Name:

Grape Leaf Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

fast growing, upright, deciduous

Perennial or Annual

perennial, shrub

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

15’ X 8’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

soft grey hairy leaves, saucer shaped white to purple-blue flowers in early summer

Zone

8-9

Description, Notes

moderate water

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Voodoo'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

24-36" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

large, upright blood-red flowers

Zone

7-11

Description, Notes

easy-to-grow variety

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'White Parasol'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

 

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

stort, sturdy stems, large fuzzy leaves, and large white blossoms, sometimes tinged with pink

Zone

 

Description, Notes

companion to 'Pink Parasol'

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica ‘Love Parade’

Common Name:

Yarrow

Deciduous or Evergreen

hardy, evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

24" X 12-24”

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

soft pink flowers in a large umbel, attractive lanceolate foliage

Zone

6-11

Description, Notes

good cut flower

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'

Common Name:

Sweet Flag

Deciduous or Evergreen

 

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial sun to shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

 

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

flower clusters

Zone

hardy to 0° F or less

Description, Notes

moist place, useful as bold accent plants

Photo

link

 
 

Scientific Name:

Aeonium arboreum

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

erect, succulent

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade preferred, full sun near the coast

Height x Width
& How Stands

6’ X 6’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bears pyramidal panicles to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring thru summer

Zone

frost sensitive

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’

Common Name:

Deciduous or Evergreen

erect, succulent

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade preferred, full sun near the coast

Height x Width
& How Stands

3’ X 3’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bears pyramidal panicles to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring thru summer, dark, almost purple-black leaves

Zone

more cold tolerant than other varieties

Description, Notes

winter grower

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agapanthus africanus 'Peter Pan'

Common Name:

Dwarf Lily of the Nile

Deciduous or Evergreen

can remain evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands