:: Rose of Sharon Aphrodite ::
:: Hibiscus syriacus ::

Rose of Sharon Aphrodite

The Aphrodite Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier.

Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. 'Aphrodite' bears dark hollyhock-like rosy-pink flowers with deeper red eyes from late summer until mid-fall.

This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. It has a long, early summer to fall bloom period. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. It is an excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, or used as a specimen.

The plant is very tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. Otherwise, prune to shape.

The species is native of China & India, even though it was named syriacus at a time when specimens in Europe were inaccurately believed to have orignated in Syria. The natural growth pattern is as a multi-stemmed upright vase shape, which may begin to "fountain" with age if never pruned. It can also be pruned & trained as a single-trunked little tree.

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