parlor maple

Maple By Any Other Name

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I have had a crush on abutilon or “parlor maple” plants for the longest time.  It might be because I love their hollyhock-like flowers.  Or perhaps it is because I live in a Victorian house and the room that I refer to as the” living room” would once have been called “the parlor”.  It stands … Read more

Parlor Maple

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Pity the poor parlor maple. It is not a maple tree by any stretch of the imagination and its days of houseplant stardom peaked back when people still had parlors. It’s a sad predicament for a lovely plant. The plant taxonomists will never assign parlor maples, more formally known as Abutilon x hybrida, to the … Read more