Hartlage Wine eastern sweetshrub
Calycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Sizeup to 10 feet tallup to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Maroon
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Hartlage Wine' eastern sweetshrub (Calycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine') is a shrub for borders, hedges, woodland gardens, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. The fragrant maroon flowers open in spring, with more blooms in summer and autumn. It grows with an erect habit at a moderate rate and can reach about 10 feet tall and wide. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Oakleaf hydrangea, Autumn fern, Japanese forest grass, and Foam flower.