About
This compact deciduous shrub features bluntly toothed, grey-green foliage that is lighter on the undersides. In late summer, it produces clusters of bright blue blooms that emerge from deep indigo buds.
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, West-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, Gravel garden, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a sheltered, sunny position with a light well-drained soil
- 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