| Scientific Name: | Caryopteris incana 'Jason' |
| Common Name: | Sunshine Blue bluebeard |
| Family Name: | Verbenaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Tomentose, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Blue, Violet, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact with golden foliage; leaves opposite, most blades ovate, 3-5cm long x 1-3cm wide, margin with 5 or 6 pairs of teeth; flowers violet to amethyst blue, arising from upper leaf axils, in dense cymes, Aug-Oct. | |