Re: [SG] Caryopteris/ Blue Mist Spirea

In a message dated 7/23/99 5:05:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:

<<  I have had an unnamed Caryopteris in my garden for a few years now that
was give to me as a gift. The last few winters have been mild so it has not
received much of a test here. >>

Hi Gene,

Caryopteris survives in zone 4.  It needs well drained soil over the winter,
I heap soil or compost over the crown of the shrub.  Still, I seldom lose the
stems.  We cut it back each spring and it blooms here very late in the
summer.  Sometimes it is nipped by the frost.  In my garden, it is in full
sun.  This year July is soooooooooooo hot.  Ours is the old Longwood Blue.
Gene, this strikes from cuttings easily.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
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