층꽃나무'핑크 샤블리'

층꽃나무'핑크 샤블리'

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Pink Chablis'

Botanical Name

CARYOPTERIS x clandonensis 'Durio'(PINK CHABLIS) PP16913

Plant Common Name

Bluebeard, Pink Chablis Bluebeard

General Description

The patented bluebeard, Pink Chablis, offers lovely soft pink flowers in late summer to fall. This vigorous small flowering shrub is as tough and drought tolerant as it is pretty. The hybrid originates from a cross between the two Asian species Caryopteris incana and C. mongholica.

The deciduous shrub has a uniform mounding, rounded habit and becomes covered with many medium-sized green toothed leaves that have a minty scent if crushed. In the fall, the leafy stems become lined with many large, dense and colorful whorls of flowers. These are soft pink, draw pollinators in masses and are sweetly scented. The fruits are small, winged and have seeds that will readily sprout in the garden.

Plant bluebeard in sites with full to partial sun and average soil with good drainage. It is root-hardy to USDA Zone 5 where it will resprout from the ground in the spring. In warmer areas, it should be hard-pruned low to the ground after flowering to keep next year's growth compact and neat. It makes a nice accent plant in the mixed border and looks great planted in rows as a low ornamental summer hedge.

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