#Callianthe megapotamica

[jimbell]

Trailing Abutilon or Chinese Lantern has been flowering continuously for the last year and a half at least (Abutilon megapotamicum or Callianthe megapotamica) native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay a shrub that can grow to 2.5 metres tall. Mine does spread a fair bit but usually is less than two feet high. I pretty much haven’t watered it for the last year and it’s still green and colourful. Propagates really easily from cuttings or layering. #flower #argentina #brazil #uruguay #abcmygarden #longflowering #repeatflowering #perennial #bush #shadelover #easygrow #potplant #red #yellow #layering #cuttings (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp65xYxvi5d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kevinscottgardens]

4 au 10 janvier 2021

It was a very cold week. The ground has been frozen in the mornings. The landscapers have started building a short retaining wall around the Mediterranean garden around the pool. I spent most of the week removing pine needles, olives and leaves from under the plants. I also did a bit of weeding. I lightly pruned a few Brugmansia and will see how they perform.

I weeded around many of the citrus trees. Michel says he thinks the cold will harm the roots, so I didn’t continue. I really hope nothing happens to those trees.

It’s been so cold that I have put off some pruning of Cestrum nocturnum that will have to wait until after the overnight temperatures stop dipping below freezing. I also want to cut down the grasses soon.

I took more cuttings of the Lavendula. There are also some roses that will need to be propagated this year too.

Tuesday Denis stopped by and I gave him a quick show around the garden. Florian was also here. However, he was in a rush so we didn’t have any time for a catch-up. It was great to see him again. He was in my course at London College of Garden Design in 2012/2013.

Thursday my DSL router arrived and that evening Lucien helped me get my WiFi and television all up and running. It’s so nice to have the Internet here.

Saturday night I decided to swap bedrooms, including curtains. I pushed the other bed against the wall to get my desk to fit in the new study. The printer is up and running on WiFi. It’s definitely starting to feel more like home.

Sunday I went to a surprise party for a friend of a friend in Antibes. There were seven of us for the afternoon of good food, dancing and a little fun. Of course we all departed in time to make it home before the 18.00 curfew.

Cours de français hebdomadaire

améliorer - to enlarge

balayer - to sweep [je balaie/balaye, tu balaies/balayes, il balaie/balaye, nous balayons, vous balayez, ils balaient/balayent]

cultiver - to cultivate

eclore - to hatch (les bourgeons éclosent - the buds are breaking) [j'éclos, tu éclos, il éclot, - , - , ils éclosent]

prendre soin de - to take care of [je prends, tu prends, il prend, nous prenons, vous prenez, ils prennent]

ramasser (les feuilles) - to pick up (to rake leaves)

rehausser - to enhance

souffler / un souffleur - to blow / a blower

soutenir - to support [je soutiens, tu soutiens, il soutient, nous soutenons, vous soutenez, ils soutiennent]

taller - to prune

Plant of the week

Malvaceae Callianthe megapotamica (A.Spreng.) Dorr

common name(s) - trailing abutilon; français: lanterne chinoise, erable de salon synonym(s) - Abutilon inflatum Garcke & K.Schum.; Abutilon megapotamicum (Spreng.) St. Hil. & Naudin., Abutilon vexillarium É.Morren; Periptera megapotamica (A.Spreng.) G.Don; Sida leopoldii Voss; Sida megapotamica A.Spreng. conservation rating - none native to - Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) location - Domaine de l’Orangerie leaves - tapering, narrowly ovate flowers - pendulous, bell-shaped with yellow petals and large crimson calyx, in summer and autumn fruit - no information found habit - deciduous or partially evergreen, vigorous, much-branched, lax, medium-sized shrub to 2m; can be short-lived habitat - dry mountain valleys pests - glasshouse whitefly, glasshouse red spider mite, aphids, mealybugs, scale insects disease - virus hardiness - to -5ºC (H3) soil - moist and well-drained loam or sand sun - full sun, sheltered propagation - seed in spring at 15ºC to 18ºC, or by softwood cuttings in summer pruning - late winter, early spring; shorten the stems by a third, as the growth progresses, pinch off the ends of the young shoots to promote branching and keep a well-flowering velvetleaf, remove faded flowers as you go, if frost damages part of the foliage, a significant pruning of the plant may be necessary at the end of winter nomenclature - Malvaceae - malva - soft, the name in Pliny, cognate via old English, mealwe, with mallow; Callianthe - beautiful-flowered; megapotamica - of the big big river NB - harvested for its edible flowers with a pleasant sweet flavour and the sweetness increases the longer the flower is open

References, bibliography: Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5 IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [14 Jan 21] Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2610783 [14 Jan 21] Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77146519-1 [14 Jan 21] Promesse de fleurs [en ligne] https://www.promessedefleurs.com/arbustes/arbustes-par-variete/abutilon/abulilon-megapotamicum.html [14 jan 21] Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=11 [14 Jan 21] Useful Temperate Plants [online] http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Abutilon+megapotamicum [14 Jan 21]

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Callianthe megapotamica

[shootimages]

Abutilon megapotamicum, also known as Callianthe megapotamica

This is a flower, endemic to the south of Brazil, that I photographed when I lived there,

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[jimbell]

Flowering continuously for the last twelve months Trailing Abutilon or Chinese Lantern (Abutilon megapotamicum or Callianthe megapotamica) native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay a shrub that can grow to 2.5 metres tall. Mine does spread a fair bit but usually is less than two feet high. I pretty much haven’t watered it for the last year and it’s still green and colourful. Propagates really easily from cuttings or layering. #flower #argentina #brazil #uruguay #homegrown #abcmygarden #longflowering #repeatflowering #perennial #bush #shadelover #easygrow #potplant #red #yellow #layering #cuttings (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHhSJ3OwSd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimbell]

First posted in November and still flowering very strongly is our Trailing Abutilon or Chinese Lantern (Abutilon megapotamicum or Callianthe megapotamica) it’s native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and is a shrub that can grow to 2.5 metres tall. Mine never gets more than about 30 cm high but does spread a fair bit. It shows no signs of slowing down. I haven’t watered it much at all this summer. Propagates really easily from cuttings or layering. #flower #argentina #brazil #uruguay #homegrown #abcmygarden #myplants #australiangarden #ausgarden #ausgardens #longflowering #repeatflowering #perennial #bush #shadelover #easygrow #potplant #red #yellow #layering #cuttings (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cek61RivSnp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimbell]

Trailing Abutilon or Chinese Lantern (Abutilon megapotamicum or Callianthe megapotamica) is native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It’s a shrub that can grow to 2.5 metres tall. Mine never gets more than about 30 cm high but does spread a fair bit. It’s been in flower all spring and summer and shows no signs of slowing down. I also haven’t needed to water it much this summer. Propagates really easily from cuttings or layering. #flower #flowers #argentina #brazil #uruguay #homegrown #mygarden #myplants #australiangardens #australiangarden #ausgarden #ausgardens #longflowering #repeatflowering #perennial #bush #shadelover #easygrow #potplant #red #yellow #layering #cutting #cuttings (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbPIpw_JdIc/?utm_medium=tumblr