Bluebeard
Caryopteris incana
Worth cutting almost to the ground every spring — it flowers on wood it has not grown yet.
Light Full sun.
Water Copes with dry ground.
Height 1 m
Spread 3 ft 3 in
Spacing 100 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 3 ft 3 in
- In-row spacing
- 3 ft 3 in
- Between rows
- 4 ft 1 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Shrub · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun.
- Watering
- Copes with dry ground.
- Feeding
- Very little needed.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- August
- Pruning
- Cut hard back to 15-30 cm every mid-April.
- Overwintering
- Holds up to around -15C.
Through the year
- Apr–May Bud Break
- May–Aug Spring Growth
- Aug–Oct Flowering
- Oct–Nov Growing
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Apr Leaf Fall
Pests & problems
- Capsid bug Capsid bugs, leaving the shoot tips twisted
- Root & crown rot Root rot where the ground stays waterlogged
- Dieback over winter where the soil runs cold and wet
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