Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Gnome Gardens This clone of Leucocasia gigantea

This clone of Leucocasia gigantea makes a fast-multiplying clump

Related to the more tropical and edible Manihot esculenta

The 3' wide clump is composed of round

we refer to plants like this as "big honkers"

This splendid sport of Gretchen Harshbarger's wonderful Hosta 'Treasure' has blue-green centers

Caryopteris divaricata Blue Butterflies Gnome Gardens This clone of Leucocasia giganteaWe have been taken with the floriferous herbaceous perennial, Caryopteris divaricata 'Blue Butterflies' in our trials! This vigorous 6' tall, deer resistant, summer flowering perennial, selected by Japan's Shinri Wakaiki, is topped from August through October with hundreds of small blue flowers that resemble trichostema (blue curls). Caryopteris 'Blue Butterflies' is a great summer border plant, but well drained soils are particularly important for