Re: [SG] Caryopteris/ Blue Mist Spirea

In a message dated 7/24/99 9:56:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:

<<  Thanks for the information. I was not 100% sure of the ID on the gift
 Caryopteris in my garden so did not want to propagate it for the nursery.
 So, I ordered the old standby Longwood Blue and Worchester Gold  >>

Gene,

101Caryoptris 'Longwood Blue' isthe famed blue hedge at Longwood Gardens.
That is closer to you in latitude  than I am.  That hedge is in full sun and
attains more height than our plants do.   I think all of the catalog pix for
years were that of Longwood Gardens.

I thought it was not hardy here and put it into a cold frame every winter
until I tired of the chore.  Then I saw it in a neighbor's garden doing well
in a jumble of perennials.  I did try cuttings one spring and ended with
dozens of little plants to give away.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
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