Anyone know this plant? I've got 2 in my garden so I must have planted them, but I have no idea what they are.
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Nicole Y on Jun 11, 2012the leaves and flower resemble a butterfly bush...there are so many different types...not sure thoughHelpful Reply
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John S on Jun 11, 2012It looks like Blue Beard but it is more of a bush than a plant and blooms late summer.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 12, 2012I agree with John that it looks like you have a type of Caryopteris, or bluebeard.Helpful Reply
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Sandra R on Jun 12, 2012I have this but mine doesn't bloom till fall. It's a Longwood Blue Caryopteries,Caryopteris, x clandortenis 'Longwood Blue'. It is a perennial, full sun, 3 ft. high, 3 ft. wide.Helpful Reply
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Melinda E on Jun 12, 2012I have this plant but do not know the name. Have divided it several times and replanted in various spots. Grows well in sun or shade, we have heavy clay soit and it does well. Not evasive, slow spreading. Mine starts blooming in late Spring and continues through Summer.Helpful Reply
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Erica Glasener on Jun 12, 2012Vanessa you have your answer, it is a Caryopteris (bluebeard) but there are a number of diffferent selections. Enjoy. One of the things I like about this plant is the foliage is fragrant when you run your hand over it. I recommend full sun.Helpful Reply
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Vanessa D on May 16, 2013Oops, I thought I'd posted thanks on this already. Sorry about that and thank you for your answers, everyone! :)Helpful Reply
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Cami on May 31, 2014it looks like spiderwortHelpful Reply
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Nancy F on Jun 12, 2014I believe it is caryopteris "Blue Mist"Helpful Reply
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Diana Kiley on Jun 16, 2014It is Blue Mist caryopteris. I did not plant one (God did via a bird perhaps) but one appeared in my xeric garden and the bees love itHelpful Reply
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Dorothy on Jun 29, 2014Yep, Blue Mist caryopteris. There is a variety with variegated leaves and I think there's one with darker blue flowers. The bees love it. I pruned mine rather heavily in the spring and then again in early to mid summer and it stayed very bushy and compact and was nearly covered with flowers....and bees. The hummingbirds showed up a lot too.Helpful Reply
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Robin Sweetman on Jul 01, 2014Bee Balm is what we call it in Ohio.Helpful Reply
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Mary Smith on Jul 25, 2014We call it widows tears here in Missouri! Will divide very easily and blooms a long time than I clip the seeds off and leave them on the ground with them for next year Hope this helpsHelpful Reply
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Robin Dowden on Jul 27, 2014I don't know the name but I get hem every year. at first I thought it was a weed so I pulled out a lot. the next year they came back a hundred fold, I left them alone and beautiful violet flowers appeared. no more pulling but I also would like to know the name.Helpful Reply
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Linda Wingert-Turiak on Jul 28, 2014Heard of it as both Blue Beard and Bee Balm. While it has really pretty fragrant purple flowers and the butterflies and bees love it (all good things), the seeds fall off and get into everything. It creates a lot of weeding.Helpful Reply
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Karen V on Jul 31, 2014Oh I learned something new, I've been pulling mine out, thinking it was just a weed trying to take over my flower bed.Helpful Reply
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Rudy Chan on Aug 01, 2014looks like butterfly bush to me...Helpful Reply
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Victoria on Aug 02, 2014i have it to! it is called blue beard although it is purple...Helpful Reply
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Nanny on Aug 02, 2014It is definitely not Blue beard. Looks like an invasive perenial to me. Never seen it in the northwest.Helpful Reply
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PattyQ on Aug 03, 2014Butterflyweed is orange in TennesseeHelpful Reply
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Dorothy on Aug 04, 2014Butterfly bush or butterfly weed? Butterfly weed (asclepias) is orange, is a domesticated (and some wild) form of the perennial milkweed that is important food for Monarch butterflies, stands about 14 to maybe 18 inches tall and has bright green leaves. Butterfly bush (buddleia) is a shrub and comes in blue, wine, white and pink colors and there's a variety that has flowers that age to an orangey color all with a dusty grayish green leaf with the flowers in spikes at the end of the twig/branch. The plant in the photo is a shrub known as caryopteris (also called blue beard and occasionally as blue spirea) with a number of named varieties, almost all of them blooming in tones of blue at the base of leaf whorls.Helpful Reply
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Deborah Donovan-Navarro on Aug 31, 2014It is definitely Caryopteris (commonly called Blue Spirea).Helpful Reply
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Alyce Wilson on Sep 01, 2014Alyce-Clear Lake, Iowa its a butterfly bush. I have one that is white and a purple one. They are beautiful, except there is less butterflies that are around this year..Helpful Reply
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Kathleen M on Sep 01, 2014I have one in bloom in my front yard it is a shrubby plant, it is called a Blue Mist Spirea and yes bees absolutely adore it. Here at the New Jersey Shore our winters can be cold and windy which they do not like but I have managed to keep this one with a real good pruning in early spring like a butterfly bush. http://www.mlive.com/grand-haven/index.ssf/2010/12/garden_gals_pam_cater_audrey_e.htmlHelpful Reply
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Kathleen M on Sep 01, 2014@Vanessa D here is a photo of mine ~> :) bees feasting ...Monarchs like it too but I have not seen one yet this season :(Helpful Reply
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Diana R on Sep 01, 2014Diana R Monroe, NC This is called a Blue Mist Shrub (caryopteris). I had them and they are a very easy shrub to grow. LOVE them !!Helpful Reply
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Emma Santoro-Adkison on Nov 09, 2014Not a butterfly bush. They are tall Definitely not ground cove.Helpful Reply
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Duv310660 on Nov 10, 2014I would always side with a proper botanical name, as common names vary quite a lot from region to region.Helpful Reply
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Cherie Kessel Fisher on Jan 04, 2015Caryopteris, also known as bluebeard, the variety name is probably Blue Mist.Helpful Reply
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Vickie on Jan 05, 2015It's a blue mist. I got some from a plant magazine. They didn't do very well because I had them in a slightly shady area. I moved them but they didn't make it. My fault :(Helpful Reply
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Terrie Neudorf on Jan 24, 2015Where I am these are a noctious weed , not a shrub or ground cover .Helpful Reply
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Sensible Gardening and Living on Jan 28, 2015Caryopteris for sure. Bees love them.Helpful Reply
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Sue Moman Bowen on Feb 21, 2015It looks like one I have that they call Spiderwick. I adore it! I use this website alot for plant identification. You might try it. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/namegal/Helpful Reply
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Michelle on Apr 11, 2015butterfly bushHelpful Reply
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