Heavenly Blue Bluebeard

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'

Plant Details:

Plant Type: Shrub
Plant Family: Verbenaceae
Plant Description: Medium deciduous shrub often best treated as a perennial along the Wasatch Front. This plant is marginally hardy and will die to the ground during hard winters, but will easily grow back from its roots. Produces narrow, gray-green leaves with clusters of deep blue flowers. Flowers during the summers.

Maintenance:

Maintenance Type: Perennial - Winter Interest
Plant Care: Perennial - Winter Interest (soft-stemmed plants that retain ornamental value during winter dormancy and regrow in spring): Leave stems up through the winter to provide interest. Cut back stems to a mound in the spring to allow new growth.

Plant Attributes:

Mature Size: 2-3' tall and wide
Utah Native: No
Plant Select: No
Pollinator Friendly: Yes
Localscapes: Foundation Plant, Infill Plant
Foliage Interest: No
Foliage Colors: Gray-green
Bloom Colors: Blue
Bloom Seasons: Late Summer
Bloom Period: Jul - Sep

Growing Conditions:

Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Light Requirement: Full Sun (6+ hrs sun)
Irrigation Requirement:     Low (1/2" every 10-14 days)
Salt Tolerant: Unknown
Deer Resistant: Unknown

Garden Location:

  • Not on display
    • Not on display
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter