Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Lissteph' STEPHI bluebeard
size/type
small shrub,small shrub
usual height
0,5-0,7m
usual width
0,6-1m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
August-October
location
full sun
soil type
neutral to alkaline
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist but well-drained
USDA zone (lowest)
5b (down to -27°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Bluebeard is a small deciduous shrub for lovers of blue flowering plants. Its late summer and autumn flowers make it an ideal companion plant for perennial borders as it looks stunning situated close to black-eyed Susan, pink or white anemones, and even evergreen leucothoes whose leaves start to turn read when bluebeard’s blooming is at its peak. Still, every rule has its exception, and here we have an example of a bluebeard which is all but blue.
Description of the plant:
STEPHI is a unique bluebeard variety with flowers that are not blue. They are pale pink to almost white on a clear sunny day. All other features are identical to most other caryopteris varieties. It is a deciduous shrub with fragrant leaves that are medium green, narrowly lanceolate, shallowly notched at margins, and releasing a pleasantly spicy scent when touched. The plant grows fast into a dense, well-branched, upright shrub with slightly arching side branches. It is rather compact yet it retains its airy feeling ideal for summer borders and thanks to the pale flower colour, it is perfectly suited to be a companion plant for butterfly bushes, indigo, hardy plumbago, chaste tree and other summer-blooming shrubs and perennials. STEPHI was bred by Peter Catt from the Liss Forest Nursery close to London, England, and is protected by European patent No. EU 46805.Bluebeard is soil tolerant, however, it does best in fertile, very well-drained soil in full sun. It needs to be pruned hard every spring – cut off two thirds of previous year’s growth to encourage prolific branching that will secure even more profuse flowering. It is fully hardy to min. -25 °C, in free-draining soil even to -27 °C (USDA zone 5b). In zones 4 and 5a it acts like a perennial.
Last update 04-10-2023
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
