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Lucky Lantern Red Flowering Maple

Lucky Lantern Red Flowering Maple

ABUTILON 'Lucky Lantern Red'

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Ships as 4"

For landscaping

The Lucky Lantern Red Flowering Maple plants we currently have in stock are meant to be planted in the ground or a raised garden bed. They may be woody, going deciduous, or simply outgrowing their 4" pots. Got it
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Common Name(s)
Dwarf Flowering Maple, Chinese Lantern
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
18"-24"
Special Features
Great for hanging baskets
Garden Design Role
Hanging baskets
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Round, Bushy, Compact
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Red
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green, Purple/Black
Themes
Fire
Genus
Abutilon
Family
Malvaceae
Ship Size
4"

Lucky Lantern Red Flowering Maple (Abutilon 'Lucky Lantern Red') is a compact, free-flowering shrub that dazzles with richly saturated scarlet-red pendant blooms shaped like glowing Chinese lanterns. Its upright, bushy habit and lush, maple-like foliage create a bold tropical presence without taking up excessive garden space, making it one of the most eye-catching container and border plants available today.

Grown from professional-grade nursery stock, Lucky Lantern Red Abutilon arrives with a robust, well-established root system ready to thrive in your garden or patio. Its compact form is ideal for large decorative containers, mixed borders, or as a stunning accent near patios and entryways. It performs beautifully in both full sun and part shade, rewarding gardeners with near-continuous bloom from spring through fall.

  • Prolific Season-Long Bloomer: Produces an abundance of vivid scarlet lantern-shaped flowers from spring through autumn, providing months of reliable color and visual impact in the landscape.
  • Compact & Container-Friendly: A naturally tidy, upright growth habit makes Lucky Lantern Red ideal for patio pots, deck planters, and small-space gardens where bold color is desired without sprawl.
  • Pollinator Magnet: The tubular red blooms are irresistible to hummingbirds and butterflies, making this plant an excellent choice for wildlife-friendly and pollinator-supportive gardens.
  • Heat Tolerant & Sun Loving: Thrives in warm summer conditions and full to partial sun exposure, maintaining vigorous growth and flowering even during periods of high heat.
  • Professional Grade Root System: This plant arrives with a healthy, well-developed root system that establishes quickly and supports long-term garden performance season after season.

This 4" healthy live plant thrives in full sun to partial shade with regular, moderate watering — allowing the soil to dry slightly between irrigations. As a tender perennial shrub, Lucky Lantern Red is well-suited to USDA Hardiness Zones 9–11, though it performs beautifully as a container plant that can be overwintered indoors in cooler climates. Expected mature height is 2–3 feet with a similar spread. Blooms continuously from spring through frost, making it one of the longest-performing flowering shrubs for warm-season gardens.

Lucky Lantern Red Flowering Maple