(Liste) Caryopteris Blue Mist Spirea
Its tidy upright growth habit and profusion of flowering spikes make it an essential part of the summer landscape.
Caryopteris blue mist spirea. Care blue mist shrub likes full sun to part shade and very well drained soil that is not overly rich. One of the best blue mist spirea varieties dark knight has the deepest blue color of them all. Also from softwood cuttings. Sometimes known as bluebeard blue mist spirea has a profusion of tiny blue flowers that are attractive to butterflies. Propagation separate rooted stems from parent plant and transplant in early spring. A reliable performer dark knight flowers heavily every year. 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.
Cut back in late winter for a strong dense shrub in summer. 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. Grow in a mixed or shrub border. 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.