Calycanthus 'Aphrodite' PP24014, Sweet Shrub Size:3 qt layered branching creates a mounding

layered branching creates a mounding effect

Garden specimen photo taken in the Juniper Level Botanic Garden during our 2025 early summer visit

finally transitioning into orange-red hues in the fall

People always exclaim when they see these two-inch cobalt-blue bells with recurving petals that obligingly bloom from late spring and on into early autumn

Toward summer the leaves turn progressively greener

Calycanthus 'Aphrodite' PP24014, Sweet Shrub Size:3 qt layered branching creates a moundingDeciduous shrub with large, reblooming! deep red magnolia like summer flowers to 3 inches across. Glossy foliage, graceful habit, and quite exotic for being so easy. Mature size: 7 ft T x 6 ft W Minimum temperature: 20 F