Caryopteris Pruning

Wait until may when buds begin to swell and growth emerges. Any wood that remains inactive can be pruned off at this time.

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This keeps your shrubs approximately the same size each year since they begin. To keep the plant shaped and flowering caryopteris are cut down by at least half in the early spring. Clandonensis hybrids typically produce about 18 30 of growth per year so total shrub height usually from 2 3 depends in large part upon the extent of winter dieback and or the annual spring pruning. The entire shrub may be cut back to the ground in the spring and in fact enlivens the specimen and fosters a more attractive evenly rounded shape.

Pruning and caring for caryopteris prune back short at the end of winter this will help produce an even more spectacular blooming in summer. You can cut them back to 12 18 inches without harm. Caryopteris x clandonensis commonly called bluebeard blue spirea or blue mist is a low mounded deciduous shrub that is valued for its aromatic foliage and late summer flowers which are said to resemble clouds of blue smoke or mist. This severe pruning is important for the upkeep of a compact bearing and a nice blooming.

Flowering occurs on new growth. Prune all of the stems down to 6 to 8 inches in early to mid april. Because the shrub s flowers are borne on new wood pruning. Trim off the ends of branches in early spring to create a shrub with a rounded form about 2 feet tall.

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