23+ Caryopteris X Clandonensis Dark Knight

Skip to main content skip to footer content. Caryopteris clandonensis dark knight is a fetching shrub bearing eye catching deep blue flowers in autumn.

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Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight

Caryopteris x clandonensis sunshine blue deep blue flowers are offset by yellow foliage. Dark knight blue mist spirea caryopteris clandonensis blooms with a profusion of dark blue flowers in late summer when few other shrubs are flowering. Attractive to butterflies bees and other beneficial insects they contrast nicely with the dense foliage of dark green lance shaped aromatic leaves.

It grows to form a shrub that gives a flower bed a round and colorful touch and is particularly well liked by butterflies and bees that visit it repeatedly. Its modest size makes it very useful in smaller yards. Caryopteris dark knight airy clusters of azure blooms rise on sturdy stems to bask in the warm summer sun and add a sweet perfume to the air.

Have just purchased caryopteris dark knight and put it in a bed next to pee gee hydrangea. 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 clandonensis hybrids typically produce about 18 30 of growth per year so total shrub height usually from 2 3 depends in. Caryopteris x clandonensis the straight species is one of the hardiest available caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight has the darkest blue flowers but is a bit more temperamental.

Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight bluebeard is a compact deciduous shrub of rounded habit with a profusion of fragrant deep blue purple flowers in late summer and early fall. The combination of the dark knight blue flowers against the white of the hydrangea is a lovely fresh change from the usual reds and yellows of most late summer flowers. Plants form a bushy upright mound of bright green leaves the fragrant dark blue flowers forming on new wood in late summer and fall.

It forms a mound of slightly toothed grey green leaves with silver hairs on the undersides. Shown here are pictures of the dark knight caryopteris. Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight sku 2289 a compact mounding shrub with dense fragrant silver gray foliage and deep purplish blue flowers over a long blooming season.

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