Plant: 'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub
Sweetshrub · Calycanthus 'Aphrodite'
Size: 2 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Aphrodite is a fast growing, tough, upright deciduous shrub carrying big glossy leaves and large cupped deep red flowers that look like small magnolia blooms. It reblooms from late May through early October on both new and old wood, and its fragrance varies from pineapple to apple to bubblegum depending on the plant and the age of the flower. It takes part sun to full sun in most moist, well drained soils with average water, is deer resistant, and draws hummingbirds. Use it for landscape mass, informal privacy screening, or as the thriller in a large container. Prune to shape after flowering.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Aphrodite is a fast growing, tough, upright deciduous shrub carrying big glossy leaves and large cupped deep red flowers that look like small magnolia blooms. It reblooms from late May through early October on both new and old wood, and its fragrance varies from pineapple to apple to bubblegum depending on the plant and the age of the flower. It takes part sun to full sun in most moist, well drained soils with average water, is deer resistant, and draws hummingbirds. Use it for landscape mass, informal privacy screening, or as the thriller in a large container. Prune to shape after flowering.
- Flowers
- Large, cupped, deep red blooms that resemble magnolia flowers, opening from late May through early October on both new and old wood; fragrance is variable and has been described as pineapple, apple or bubblegum, and may be absent on some plants or older blooms.
- Pruning
- Blooms on both new and old wood; prune to shape after flowering.
- Native range
- Hybrid of the North American Calycanthus floridus and the Chinese Sinocalycanthus chinensis
