BY RACHEL FOSTER
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fragrant gray-green leaves that blooms on
new wood. In cold climates, the topgrowth
dies back in winter. Even in mild climates it
looks best if cut back in spring. Pruning by
one half or more as the buds break keeps it
tidy and vigorous. Small À owers are produced
over a long period along the top few inches of
new growth. Two varieties popular for their
strong À ower color are ‘Longwood Blue’ and
‘Dark Knight.’ Both are rather upright plants
that can reach 4 feet.
My favorite caryopteris is ‘Heavenly
Blue.’ It has powder blue À owers and an
excellently neat, mounding habit, but it has
become very dif¿ cult to ¿ nd. I recently read
about a new variety with deeper colored
À owers named ‘First Choice.’ It is said to
grow 2-3 feet tall (after pruning) and may
turn out to be an acceptable substitute for
‘Heavenly Blue.’ Another low-growing
variety is ‘Worcester Gold,’ named for its
yellow foliage. All these compact varieties
look best where they are not crowded in
by other plants and can show off their
shapely hummocks. They look great in
gravel gardens with rocks, small grasses and
strongly architectural plants such as yucca
and New Zealand À ax.
And now the big one. Chastetree (Vitex
agnus-castus) is an aromatic shrub from the
Mediterranean. Like caryopteris, it blooms
on new growth and can be pruned quite hard
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he last weeks of summer feature
three of my favorite blue-À owered
plants: a perennial, a sub-shrub
and a potentially large bush. Besides their
lavender blue À owers and a late blooming
time, they have several things in common.
All three appreciate good drainage and lots
of sunshine, are loved by butterÀ ies and are
pretty much deer-resistant. Although they are
easy to grow in ordinary garden conditions,
they are relatively drought tolerant and adapt
well to low-water landscapes.
Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is a
tough perennial in the mint family, native to
the prairie states of North America. You can
get it from nurseries that specialize in prairie
plants, but it’s somewhat easier, these days,
to ¿ nd ‘Blue Fortune,’ a hybrid between
anise hyssop and a similar plant from Asia
named Agastache rugosa. Both anise hyssop
and ‘Blue Fortune’ grow 2-4 feet tall and do
best in full sun in dryish, well drained soil.
Their slowly lengthening, cylindrical spikes
are packed with small À owers that open over
a long season and look great with rudbeckia,
echinacea, tall sedum and grasses. They
are hardier than the agastaches called
hummingbird mint, which can have trouble
with our wet winters.
Blue mist shrub (Caryopteris x
clandonensis), also known as bluebeard or
blue spiraea, is a small Asian shrub with
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in spring if you need to restrict its growth.
In this climate, it is more often grown with
minimal pruning as a large bush or small tree
and can eventually reach 10-15 feet. Vitex
leafs out quite late in spring and quickly
produces new shoots clad with attractive
three-part leaves. Each shoot terminates
in a densely packed, tapering pyramid of
bloom. Vitex extracts have been used since
ancient times to regulate the menstrual cycle
and promote female fertility. I just know
that pollinators love the À owers of this late
bloomer, and our voracious deer have never
bothered it.
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Rachel Foster of Eugene is a writer and garden consultant.
She can be reached at rfoster@efn.org
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