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'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub (Calycanthus x)

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'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub is covered in big, glossy leaves with enormous, cupped flowers that look a bit like a deep red magnolia. They start in early summer and continue through the season. The scent varies based on the age of the bloom, the time of day, and the flower itself. Some people say they smell like pineapple, others apples, others bubblegum, and some get no scent at all.

  • 5-10 feet tall and wide at maturity
  • Hardy in zones 5-9, be sure to check your USDA zone to ensure success
  • Plant in part to full sun (4+ hours daily)
  • Space plants 5-10 feet apart for best results
  • Produces fragrant cupped red flowers from mid-summer to fall
  • Maintains green foliage spring to frost
  • Blooms on old and new wood
  • Great for landscapes, as a focal point, cut flowers
  • Resists Deer
  • Rebloomer

Care:  Fertilize with Proven Winners Continuous Release Plant Food in spring and mid-summer. It is adaptable to most moist, well-drained soils. Regular pruning is not required. If you’d like to shape it, you can do so in late winter or early spring.

Shipping Info:

  • Enjoy free shipping on orders over $175
  • Size at shipping varies by season, plant, and trimming schedules
    • Quart shrubs are 5-8 in. at the time of shipment
    • 1 Gallon shrubs are 6-24 in. at the time of shipment
  • Shrubs shipped Nov-Apr will arrive dormant; shrubs shipped Apr-Oct will arrive green or in bloom

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Customers praised this sweetshrub for arriving "in great condition" with "excellent root stock" and "well packing." Plants were described as "large healthy" and "bushy." Many noted "fast delivery" though one experienced delays. Plants thrived after planting with new growth and blooms. One customer desired a fuller plant and minimal flower scent.

  • 5 stars: 12 (92%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (8%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Gale K.
USDA Planting Zone: 4
Light: Full Sun
Soil Type: Sandy
Wildlife Pressure: Deer
Fast delivery and packaging was very good

Delivery was fast and packaging was very good. My plant has been in the ground for a week and already looking very good. I would recommend this site.

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Tim B.
Sweetshrub

It came in great condition with an excellent root stock and plant.

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John H.
USDA Planting Zone: 7
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Soil Type: Clay
Wildlife Pressure: Deer
Delivery was delayed

Delivery was delayed, but with some good planting and rain, it has come around and is doing beautifully.

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Anonymous
USDA Planting Zone: 6
Light: Full Sun
Soil Type: Bagged Soil/Potting Soil
Wildlife Pressure: Deer, Rabbits
Beautiful plants

Beautiful plants. Large healthy plants arrived as promised

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Angela

Thank you for packaging these two beauties so perfectly. They are in great shape!

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Phanchai I.
USDA Planting Zone: 9
Light: Part Sun
Soil Type: Loamy
Wildlife Pressure: Deer
The plant came with well packing 👍🏻and looks very healthy

The plant came with well packing 👍🏻and looks very healthy, Thanks

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Anonymous
USDA Planting Zone: 9
Light: Part Sun
Soil Type: Sandy
Wildlife Pressure: None
This plant arrived in great condition and has

This plant arrived in great condition and has really taken off!

😍✨ Enjoy

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JRobinson
USDA Planting Zone: 8
Light: Part Sun
Soil Type: Clay
Wildlife Pressure: Deer
Great Shrubs

Received in Great Condition now that it is getting warmer I'm seeing green leaves. Can't wait to see them grow thru the years.

Enjoy!😊

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Julianne S.
'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub (Calycanthus x)

Arrived in good condition and is blooming and petting on new blooms. I would have liked to have received a fuller plant but I’m satisfied with it. I don’t really notice much of av accent from the flowers but they are stunning.

Thank you for your review! 😊

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Penny W.
'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub (Calycanthus x)

These plants arrive in beautiful condition. You couldn’t even tell they had bred shipped! The plants were big and beautiful . Bushy, very healthy and even had a few blooms. So pleased with them. Great company to buy from!

Thank you for sharing!! Enjoy!😊

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Victoria D.
'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub (Calycanthus x)

Just got 2 - these will take a full season to bloom where they’re planted and if they do….subtle and dreamy add to my garden. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Thank you for your review! 😊

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Jonathan

Very excited for this but will take time to grow from a quart. Deer don’t seem interested but the slugs and/or snails go wild for it.

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Kimberly

Arrived in great condition. Just waiting for the blooms!!!!

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