Caryopteris X Clandonensis Beyond Midnight
Caryopteris beyond midnight has dark beautiful glossy leaves with deep blue flowers and a close habit.
Caryopteris x clandonensis beyond midnight. Plants are drought tolerant their aromatic foliage is deer resistant and butterflies love the blooms. Caryopteris beyond midnight description get color when you need it most with beyond midnight bluebeard caryopteris x clandonensis. The deep purple blooms are just stunning up against the dark green folaige. Caryopteris beyond midnight has a dense mounding habit. The color is gorgeous and it s the best fall pollinator i have except for a new england aster. Once established this drought tolerant plant is virtually maintenance free. The handsome combination makes this easy care caryopteris eminently suited for perennial beds.
I love the rejuvination of fall color that caryopteris beyond midnight brings to my garden. Butterflies hummingbirds and bees all welcome this nectar source. I adore this plant as a late season prolific bloomer. Beyond midnight caryopteris x clandonensis ct 9 12 uspp 27 426 can 5 414. Spring is the time to take a look at your perennials and see which plants need a trim before the growing and blooming season begins. Caryopteris is a small asian genus whose members are late blooming low growing shrubs. Caryopteris x clandonensis beyond midnight bluebeard is a small deciduous shrub of tight and compact habit with deep blue flowers in late summer to early fall.
Another stop for the butterflies and bees. Misty clusters of rich purple blue flowers envelop the glossy dark green foliage. In this video learn how to trim beyond midnight caryopteris and. Description beyond midnight caryopteris was selected especially for its very dark foliage and deep blue flowers. Beyond midnight caryopteris is an open multi stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Needs to be pruned back in early spring after new growth appears. Attractive to butterflies bees and other beneficial insects they contrast nicely with the glossy extremely dark foliage of ovate coarsely toothed aromatic leaves.
Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. Growing as a tidy mound of deep green foliage all season it explodes with bright purple blue flowers in late summer through fall. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed.