Sapphire Surf Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris) - 3 Gallon Pot
$55.98
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$55.98
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Sapphire Surf Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris) - 3 Gallon Pot
$55.98
Sale price
$55.98
Regular price
$69.00
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Description
Sapphire Surf Blue Mist Shrub
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Blauer Splatz' Sapphire Surf
Other Names: Bluebeard, Blue Mist Shrub, Blue Spirea
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Height at Maturity: 18-24"
Width at Maturity: 30-36"
Spacing: 30" for solid hedges or groupings; 5' for space between
Spacing: 30" for solid hedges or groupings; 5' for space between
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Rounded, Mound
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Dark Violet-Blue
Flower Size: Small in Showy Clusters from top to bottom of the stems!
Flowering Period: Mid to Late Summer into Fall
Flower Type: Single in Clusters
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Grey-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun; minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight per day
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained; tolerates drought when established
Soil pH: 6.5 - 7.5 (Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Dry Soil, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit
Description
When little else is blooming in the garden in late summer and early fall, this flowering perennial shrub is there to delight us, as well as the butterflies and other beneficial pollinators. The common name, Blue Mist, refers to its fluffy, cloudlike flowers. 'Sapphire Surf' features fragrant dark violet-blue nectar-rich flowers that, as mentioned, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other beneficial pollinators will enjoy as a late-season snack. This light, airy shrub quickly reaches an average size of 2 feet tall and 3 wide with attractive, fragrant, grey-green leaves. A sensory charmer in smaller garden spaces or large containers, or grouped or as a colorful hedge in larger spaces. This beauty is tolerant of drought, resistant to pests and diseases, and is seldom browsed by deer.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to around 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide, the Sapphire Surf Blue Mist Shrub is ideal for use as an accent, or grouped or as a hedge to add pleasing color and texture to landscape borders and perennial gardens. It is also useful as a centerpiece in large containers. A fine addition to butterfly and hummingbird gardens, beneficial pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, fragrance gardens, blue or purple theme gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 30 inches apart for solid hedges or mass plantings; 5' for space between
Cultural Preferences
Blue Mist Shrub is easy to grow in most any moist and loamy but well-drained soil of average fertility and full to mostly sun; however, it is very drought tolerant when established. Constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic. It flowers on new growth, so it is best pruned if necessary in late winter or early spring, which will create more new growth, resulting in more flowers. In cold winters in zone 5, the stems might die back to the ground, with new growth emerging from the base of the plant in spring.
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