This variety offers deep rose-pink flowers with a red-purple eye that emerge from August to September amid dark, heavily textured foliage. 'Aphrodite' is an excellent upright grower that retains its lower branching.
| Shrub | |
| Hibiscus | |
| Rose of Sharon | |
| Zone 5 | |
| 4-6+ hours | |
| Clay, Moist, Sandy | |
| Small ornamental tree | |
| Massed in the shrub border | |
| 8-10' | |
| 6-10' | |
| Fall, Summer | |
| Pink | |
| Rapid | |
| Upright | |
| Wind | |
| Plant-tone | |
| Yellow | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Hydrangea, Caryopteris, Cotinus, Hypericum |