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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 to 12'
Plant Spread: 6 to 10'
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Rose Of Sharon
  • Hibiscus
  • Althea

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
Heat wave in progress.
Location: Jones OK,
Date: August 2014
Rose of Sharon Aphrodite
Location:  My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-31
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-09-09
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
Heat wave in progress.
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-20
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-29
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
Heat wave in progress.
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 8/10/2011
a young 'Aphrodite'
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Mar 3, 2012 3:50 PM concerning plant:
    Plant is approximately 3 ft. high by 3 ft. wide in 14 years, It has a compact growth habit. Leaves are dark green.

    Flowers firm-textured, slightly cupped, medium-rose with dark red-purple eye spot.

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