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Lamiaceae
Bluebeard
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Late-season cheer.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Caryopteris
- Native to
- Garden hybrid (China parents)
- Bloom season
- Late Summer, Fall
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 2-4 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- It blooms when most other shrubs are winding down, providing crucial late-season nectar.
- Bees swarm it so densely that the shrub appears to vibrate on warm afternoons.
- The aromatic gray-green leaves smell faintly of mint or eucalyptus when crushed.
- Cut it back hard each spring — it blooms only on new wood, so old growth is wasted.
- It's drought-tolerant once established and shrugs off heat that wilts other perennials.
Color meanings
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delayed reward
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endurance