Caryopteris Blue Mist Spirea
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Caryopteris blue mist shrub is a shrub also classified as a sub shrub with woody stems that partially die back in the winter or even entirely all the way to the crown of the plant.
Caryopteris blue mist spirea. Sometimes known as bluebeard blue mist spirea has a profusion of tiny blue flowers that are attractive to butterflies. One of the best blue mist spirea varieties dark knight has the deepest blue color of them all. Propagation separate rooted stems from parent plant and transplant in early spring. Caryopteris worchester gold plants in the genus caryopteris are small to medium sized woody shrubs cultivated for their attractive aromatic foliage and usually blue flowers.
Caryopteris x clandonensis commonly called bluebeard blue spirea or blue mist is a low mounded deciduous shrub that is valued for its aromatic foliage and late summer flowers which are said to resemble clouds of blue smoke or mist. Blue mist spirea caryopteris clandonensis will add a heavenly hue of blue to your garden from late summer through fall. Also from softwood cuttings. Caryopteris is long blooming and has fragrant foliage that deters deer and rabbits.
Grow in a mixed or shrub border. Cut back in late winter for a strong dense shrub in summer. The 6 species are native to the himalayas and east asia. A reliable performer dark knight flowers heavily every year.