78+ Blue Knight Caryopteris

Provides hard to find midsummer color. Have just purchased caryopteris dark knight and put it in a bed next to pee gee hydrangea.

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The flowers give caryopteris it s common name of blue mist. 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. Its modest size makes it very useful in smaller yards. Caryopteris blue mist shrub s prized feature however is the blue to purple blooms flowering in late summer all the way up until the first heavy winter frost.

Caryopteris commonly known as bluebeard spirea or blue mist spirea is really a woody shrub in more southern areas of the country. Dark knight blue mist spirea caryopteris clandonensis blooms with a profusion of dark blue flowers in late summer when few other shrubs are flowering. On may 13 2004 mothernature4 from bartow fl zone 9a wrote. Drought resistant drought tolerant plant xeric.

They are clustered in panicles above the foliage as little feathery puffs. 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. Caryopteris sometimes called bluebeard is remarkable for its unique blooming in fall the color of its flowers but also its fragrant leaves. Valued for late summer to fall flowers when little else is in bloom.

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