Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Light Shade with dusty blue evergreen foliage

with dusty blue evergreen foliage

tapered to a point and surrounded by a nice golden border

Each 4' wide clump is composed of the same wide-pointed foliage

When the bulbs are large enough to flower

giving the overall effect of a decorated palm frond stuck in the ground

Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Light Shade with dusty blue evergreen foliageWe have been taken with the floriferous herbaceous perennial, Caryopteris divaricata 'Blue Butterflies' in our trials! This vigorous 6' tall, deer resistant, summer flowering perennial, selected by Japan's Shinri Wakaiki, is topped from August through October with hundreds of small blue flowers that resemble trichostema (blue curls). Caryopteris 'Blue Butterflies' is a great summer border plant, but well drained soils are particularly important for