PlantsShrubs & Vines
Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Blue flowers in August on a shrub that dies to the ground
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 3 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Aug–Sep
- How it spreads
- Shrub, cut back hard
- What to buy
- A container plant.
- When to plant
- May, after the soil warms
In the design
South or west side. In a hard Chicago winter it dies to the crown and comes back. Cut it to 6 inches in spring. Shade makes it flop.
