This is an interesting deciduous shrub with rich green, slightly glossy leaves and interesting magnolia-like flowers from early to mid summer on the tips of short spurs with the new growth. The flowers are a rich maroon-red-brown colour, actually much richer than pictured. Available in Summer, please enquire.
Calycanthus × raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine' is an interspecific hybrid crossed between C. floridus and the Chinese Sweetshrub (C. chinensis). Leaves are larger than C. floridus, 6-18cm long and 3-8cm wide. Larger, flamboyant, deep wine-red to maroon flowers (up to 7.5cm across) featuring inner tepals with creamy-white tips. Mildly fragrant to nearly scentless, though prized primarily for visual impact. H 2.5-5m x W 2-4m
