Hartlage Wine Sweetshrub

Calycanthus x raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'

Hartlage Wine Sweetshrub is a large dense deciduous  shrub with an upright mounding habit.  The large glossy bright green leaves turn yellow in fall.  Huge fragrant magnolia-like flowers that open maroon and age to wine-red bloom from midsummer until the first frost.  Grows best in  full sun and moist, well-drained acidic soils. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Do not let the soil dry out.  Prune after flowering.  No serious disease or pest issues.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Naturalized Areas,  Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Weigela,  Maiden Grass,  Rose

IMAGES:  Uleli,  × Sinocalycalycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine', CC BY-SA 3.0, (2)  SB Johnny,  X Sinocalycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine', CC BY-SA 3.0, (3)  peganum from Small Dole, England,  X Sinocalycalycanthus Hartlage Wine - Flickr - peganum (4), CC BY-SA 2.0, (4)  peganum from Small Dole, England,  X Sinocalycalycanthus Hartlage Wine - Flickr - peganum (1),  CC BY-SA 2.0, (5) Photo by  David Short,  (Sino)Calycanthus × raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine' (SG)

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.