Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Colored Foliage As fall approaches

As fall approaches

For a truly tropical look in a temperate garden

From late summer

which can be shaved off if the lack of grooming bothers you

Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Colored Foliage As fall approachesWe 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