Caryopteris Clandonensis Dark Knight

Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight sku 2289 a compact mounding shrub with dense fragrant silver gray foliage and deep purplish blue flowers over a long blooming season.

Caryopteris clandonensis dark knight. There are many caryopteris hybrids even if these are reputed to be more vulnerable to freezing. Well drained soil in full sun. Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight bluebeard is a compact deciduous shrub of rounded habit with a profusion of fragrant deep blue purple flowers in late summer and early fall. Its modest size makes it very useful in smaller yards. Plants form a bushy upright mound of bright green leaves the fragrant dark blue flowers forming on new wood in late summer and. It s perfect for growing in containers or towards the front of a sunny border. Dark knight blue mist spirea caryopteris clandonensis blooms with a profusion of dark blue flowers in late summer when few other shrubs are flowering.

It forms a mound of slightly toothed grey green leaves with silver hairs on the undersides. Have just purchased caryopteris dark knight and put it in a bed next to pee gee hydrangea. Shown here are pictures of the dark knight caryopteris. The combination of the dark knight blue flowers against the white of the hydrangea is a lovely fresh change from the usual reds and yellows of most late summer flowers. It grows to form a shrub that gives a flower bed a round and colorful touch and is particularly well liked by butterflies and bees that visit it repeatedly. Caryopteris clandonensis dark knight is a fetching shrub bearing eye catching deep blue flowers in autumn. Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight bluebeard is a compact deciduous shrub of rounded habit with a profusion of fragrant deep blue purple flowers in late summer and early fall.

Caryopteris x clandonensis dark knight 2lt deciduous shrub silvery green foliage deep purple blue flowers produced throughout late summer and into autumn. Although actually a woody shrub bluebeard is usually cut back each spring to 6 inches and treated more like a perennial. Genus name comes from greek karyon meaning nut and pteron meaning wing in reference to the winged fruits found on this shrub. Dark knight features a profuse shrub covering bloom of fragrant deep bluish purple flowers in terminal and axillary clusters cymes from late summer into fall. Attractive to butterflies bees and other beneficial insects they contrast nicely with the dense foliage of dark green lance shaped aromatic leaves. Valued for late summer to fall flowers when little else is in bloom. Drought resistant drought tolerant plant xeric.