This plant responds beautifully with a once a year early spring prune which will help itflower profusely.
Sapphire surf bluebeard pruning.
Bluebeard are used like a woody perennial in colder areas with perfect success year after year.
How to prune a bluebeard shrub.
Plant sapphire surf bluebeard to liven up your late season garden and attract beautiful butterflies in droves.
This small to medium sized shrub grows best in.
The silvery green 1 2 leaves have a light aroma of eucalyptus when rubbed.
Other perennial plants may outgrow plant boxes and planters but not these low growing plants because they only peak up to two feet.
The sapphire surf bluebeard is different from many dwarf shrubs varieties because of its unique dark purple to blue flowers.
Sapphire surf bluebeard caryopteris x clandonensis blauer splatz this compact low maintenance shrub produces a swell of stunning rich blue flowers from top to bottom in late summer and fall when few other plants are blooming.
Caryopteris x clandonensis sapphire surf bluebeard is a compact deciduous shrub of rounded habit with a profusion of deep blue flowers in late summer and early fall.
Attractive to butterflies bees and other beneficial insects they contrast nicely with the dense foliage of dark green lance shaped aromatic leaves.
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Hardy to 20 f maximum elevation.
Attractive to butterflies bees and other beneficial insects they contrast nicely with the dense foliage of dark green lance shaped aromatic leaves.
Valued for its late season blossoms when few other shrubs are in bloom.
Caryopteris x clandonensis sapphire surf bluebeard is a compact deciduous shrub of rounded habit with a profusion of deep blue flowers in late summer and early fall.
The habit is lower growing making a colorful ground cover.
This compact low maintenance shrub produces a swell of stunning blue flowers from top to bottom in late summer and fall when few other plants are blooming.
They are low growing 2 3 foot shrubs that are covered with fragrant powder blue flowers in late summer and early fall.
Sapphire surf is deer and drought resistant.
Prune it in late winter and use balanced fertilizer for feeding.
It needs a full sun exposure and to be watered regularly.
The flowers start blooming in late summer and early fall.
The sapphire surf bluebeard is a low maintenance shrub that comes in a very beautiful rich blue color.
Anyone in zones five to nine may plant this small shrub even in tight gardens and spaces.