{"product_id":"abutilon-kentish-belle","title":"Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbutilon 'Kentish Belle'\u003c\/strong\u003e strings a warm wall with lanterns for half the year: pendent apricot-gold bells hanging from wine-red calyces on dark, wiry stems, opening from early summer until the first real frosts. Bumblebees climb inside them all season, and in mild gardens the show barely stops for winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the classic hardy abutilon for British outdoor growing: rated H3, to around -7C with a south or west wall at its back, regrowing from low wood after a rare harder winter. Semi-evergreen, fast, and generous beyond reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun on a warm wall or fence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e fertile, free-draining.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e to around 2-2.5 m trained on wires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H3 with wall shelter; mulch the base in cold gardens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrain it with its ember-toned sibling \u003ca href=\"\/products\/abutilon-patrick-synge\"\u003e'Patrick Synge'\u003c\/a\u003e and trailing \u003ca href=\"\/products\/abutilon-megapotamicum\"\u003eA. megapotamicum\u003c\/a\u003e for a wall of mingled lanterns above an \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e. It feeds \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pollinators\"\u003epollinators\u003c\/a\u003e deep into autumn and slots into our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e range and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown, well-branched plants. Winter honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58370048917887,"sku":"ABUTKENT17","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/kentish-2.jpg?v=1789653169","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/abutilon-kentish-belle","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}