무궁화 '아프로디테'-[정명] Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'

무궁화 '아프로디테'

 

 

 

 

 

과명	Engler - APG Ⅳ -Malvaceae (아욱과)	속명	Hibiscus (무궁화속)
전체학명	[정명]Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'	추천명	무궁화 '아프로디테'
이명		외국명

 

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Best flowering occurs in full sun. Prefers moist, organically rich soils, but tolerates poor soils and some drought. Very tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Generally tolerant of urban conditions. Prune to shape in spring. Pruning back to 2-3 buds in late winter may produce larger blooms. Easily propagated by stem cuttings. This is a sterile cultivar that does not produce seed.

 

Hibiscus syriacus, commonly called rose of Sharon or shrub althea, is a vigorous, upright, vase-shaped, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that typically grows 8-12’ tall. It may be trained as a small tree or espalier. Showy, hollyhock-like, 5-petaled flowers (to 3” diameter) appear over a long, early-summer to fall bloom period. Each flower has a prominent and showy center staminal column. Palmately-veined, coarsely-toothed, three-lobed, medium green leaves (to 4” long) are attractive during the growing season but produce no fall color.

Genus name comes from the Latin and Greek names for the mallow.

Specific epithet suggests the plant comes from Syria which appears to be false because it is native to eastern Asia.

'Aphrodite’ is a triploid cultivar developed by the National Arboretum in the 1970s and released to commerce in 1988. It is more compact than the species, typically growing 6-8’ (less frequently to 10’) tall. It features ruffled, thick-petaled, clear pink single flowers (to 4” diameter) with a dark red eye.

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