About
This upright, compact shrub reaches about 1 meter in height and features arching branches adorned with serrated, grey-green foliage. In late summer and early autumn, clusters of small, dark blue flowers emerge from the leaf axils.
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
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-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
- Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moderately fertile, light, well-drained soil in full sun. Best positioned near a warm, sunny wall
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Root softwood cuttings from spring to midsummer, semi-ripe cuttings from mid to late summer or hardwood cuttings from late autumn to midwinter
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to capsid bugs and mealybugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus