{"id":9666,"date":"2025-07-07T18:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9666"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:30:39","slug":"calycanthus-aphrodite","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/calycanthus-aphrodite\/","title":{"rendered":"Calycanthus Aphrodite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a relatively new and very rare hybrid between\u00a0<em>Calycanthus<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Sinocalycanthus<\/em>. it makes a dense bushy medium sized shrub with glossy green aromatic foliage, yellow in autumn. Unusual, bronze-red star shaped flowers with numerous petals are borne intermittently over a long period from early summer. It is happy in most fertile soils, enriched with humus, in a reasonably sheltered position that is protected from hot sun and cold winds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Position:<\/strong>Full sun or light, dappled shade.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soil:\u00a0<\/strong> Well drained yet moist, fertile soil.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardiness:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowering Period:<\/strong>May &#8211; June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rate of Growth:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habit:\u00a0<\/strong>Eventually a medium sized shrub<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height:\u00a0<\/strong>up to 3m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread:\u00a0<\/strong>up to 2m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pot size:<\/strong> 3L<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wonderful new addition to our plant catalogue. C.Aphrodite is a multi stemmed shrub with showy, fragrant, deep burgundy red flowers from May to August that are a great addition to cut arrangements. Full sun to part shade. Hardy in all but the most exposed areas.Height to 3m, spread to 2m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>We only have a small quantity available &amp; these will be supplied on a first come first serve basis, order quickly to avoid disappointment.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[95,85,133,37,83,49,87,279],"product_tag":[171,193,182,240,199,192,188,184,186,198,187,195,189,197,196,177,194,205,203,190,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-9666","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-plants_a-d","7":"product_cat-featured_plants_for_sale","8":"product_cat-new-plants-2026","9":"product_cat-plants_for_sale_a-z","10":"product_cat-seasonal_plants_for_sale","11":"product_cat-plants_in_situ","12":"product_cat-spring_plants","13":"product_cat-the-velvetine-border-plants_in_situ","14":"product_tag-architectural","15":"product_tag-buy-plants-online","16":"product_tag-cottage-garden","17":"product_tag-dappled-shade","18":"product_tag-devon-plants-for-sale","19":"product_tag-garden-club","20":"product_tag-lewis-cottage","21":"product_tag-longlived","22":"product_tag-mid-summer","23":"product_tag-moorlander","24":"product_tag-ngs-devon","25":"product_tag-online-plant-sales","26":"product_tag-perennial","27":"product_tag-plant-nursery","28":"product_tag-private-garden-tours","29":"product_tag-retentive-soil","30":"product_tag-shade-plants","31":"product_tag-shrub","32":"product_tag-spring-flower","33":"product_tag-the-garden","34":"product_tag-woodland","36":"first","37":"instock","38":"shipping-taxable","39":"purchasable","40":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9666"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9666"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}