Is Blue Mist Shrub deer resistant?
Caryopteris clandonensis
About Blue Mist Shrub
Blue flowers in late summer when almost nothing else is out, and aromatic foliage that deer walk past. Cut it hard in spring, down to about a foot, because it flowers on new wood. Leaving last year's growth gives you a woody sprawling plant with flowers only at the tips. This is also why autumn pruning is a mistake: the old stems protect the crown over winter. Wait for it in spring. Caryopteris breaks late, often not until May, and every year people dig up plants that were merely still dormant. Sharp drainage and full sun. Wet winter soil kills it more often than cold does, which is the usual story for Mediterranean-type shrubs in the north.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 35 to 47 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Blue Mist Shrub
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Arrowwood ViburnumViburnum dentatumZones 2–8Rarely damaged
- BarberryBerberis sp.Zones 4–8, genus rangeRarely damaged
- BayberryMyrica pensylvanicaZones 3–7Rarely damaged
- BoxwoodBuxus sempervirensZones 5–8Rarely damaged
- BroomCytisus sp.Zones 5–8, genus rangeRarely damaged
- Bush CinquefoilPotentilla fruticosaZones 2–7Rarely damaged
Where Blue Mist Shrub grows
Hardy across most of these 46 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Blue Mist Shrub
- Is Blue Mist Shrub deer resistant?
- Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris clandonensis) is rated Rarely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Deer almost always leave this alone.
- What hardiness zones does Blue Mist Shrub grow in?
- Blue Mist Shrub is hardy in USDA zones 6 to 9. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Blue Mist Shrub grow in shade?
- No. Blue Mist Shrub wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.