Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: trimming back flowering maples, 0 by soilsandup

soilsandup wrote:
Ecrane is right - in California, abutilons are referred to as flowering maples frequently.

I have one growing in my front door area, and I prune it back every year about this time to about two feet. Then it grows to about 6-8 feet during the course of the following year. I wanted mine to be more tree-like, but you can keep trimming throughout the year to keep it more bushy. Below is a photo taken in August.