Trailing Abutilon (Abutilon x milleri)

Family: Malvaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Abutilon x milleri is an evergreen Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 8. It is in leaf all year, in flower from April to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious sweet flavour, they are excellent on their own or as part of a mixed salad. — Flowers - raw or cooked.; A delicious sweet flavour, they are excellent on their own or as part of a mixed salad.; The flowers produce nectar all the time they are open so, assuming the plant is grown indoors and is not visited by pollinating insects, the sweetness increases the longer the flower is open.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in the wild. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)