'Aphrodite' - Sweetshrub Attracts Song Birds Full sun and well-drained soil

Full sun and well-drained soil are the baseline requirements

half-inch flowers that blanket the foliage from late April through May

Here is another beautiful dogwood cultivar

Regarding soil preferences

'Super Star' responds with enthusiastic flushes of fresh flowers

'Aphrodite' - Sweetshrub Attracts Song Birds Full sun and well-drained soilCalycanthus 'Aphrodite' delivers oversized, magnolia like flowers in deep burgundy red that reach three to six inches across a stunning display from a genus not typically known for showiness. This deciduous shrub blooms on new wood beginning in early summer and continues flowering intermittently through summer, producing its rich blooms against a backdrop of glossy, dark green foliage that transitions to golden yellow in autumn. The fragrance alone