23+ Caryopteris Clandonensis Heavenly Blue Winter

24 in 4 ft additional characteristics. Season for planting caryopteris.

Cosmos Zone 5

Caryopteris clandonensis heavenly blue winter

Hard pruning of your blue spiraea caryopteris should take place in late winter or early spring and preferably before too much new growth has started after the winter. Caryopteris x clandonensis heavenly blue is a well known and popular cultivar. This superb deciduous shrub is compact with an appealing rounded habit that remains neat and manageable even in smaller gardens.

It is hardy in u s. Caryopteris is a flower shrub that is preferably planted in fall or spring and even in summer if purchased in a container. In spite of it s common name it is not related to the true spiraea family an anomaly of using common names.

4 6 inches if it is cut back in fall it will die. Caryopteris are covered with clusters of delicate blue flowers from late summer until frost. 24 in 4 ft plant width.

There are few true blues in the world of flowers but the blooms on a caryopteris or blue mist shrub come very close. Bloom first year butterfly lovers fast growing flower fragrance hummingbird lovers repeat bloomer bloom color. Provides hard to find midsummer color.

Caryopteris forms a neat low mound. Genus caryopteris can be deciduous shrubs or perennials with aromatic simple leaves and small blue or white flowers in compact axillary clusters in late summer and autumn details heavenly blue is a compact upright shrub to 1m tall with arching branches bearing toothed grey green leaves and clusters of small dark blue flowers in the leaf axils in late summer and early autumn. Attractive to butterflies and works well in containers.

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