Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Blue Mist Bluebeard

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

Distribution: Asia

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Hardiness: 5a

Life form: Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub

Comments: This is a fast-growing perennial plant that can take the worst of a hot summer (heat, lack of water, and humidity) and still manage to perform well. It offers dependable foliage and pretty blue flowers from mid to late summer. Growth habit is a low-growing, finely-textured mound and that is also deer-resistant. It likes full sun to part shade and very well-drained soil that is not overly rich. Cut back in late winter for a strong, dense shrub in summer.