Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Gnome Gardens to all but the very

to all but the very darkest sites

It is very drought tolerant but will deal with drought in summer by going dormant

Related to the more tropical and edible Manihot esculenta

we refer to plants like this as "big honkers"

Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Gnome Gardens to all but the veryWe 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