About
This deciduous shrub features a low, arching form with dark green foliage that displays a greyish underside. In late summer, it produces clusters of vibrant violet-blue flowers.
About the genus
Caryopteris includes both deciduous shrubs and herbaceous perennials, characterized by their fragrant, uncomplicated leaves. These plants produce small blue or white flowers that appear in dense clusters in the axils during late summer and autumn.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in light well-drained soil in a sheltered position in full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to capsid bugs and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus