| Scientific Name: | Caryopteris incana 'Jason' |
| Common Name: | Sunshine Blue bluebeard |
| Family Name: | Verbenaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (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: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Blue, Violet, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact with golden foliage; leaves ovate, most blades 2-3cm long x 1.2-2.2cm wide, margin with 5 or 6 pairs of teeth; flowers violet to amethyst blue, arising from upper leaf axils, in dense cymes, Aug-Oct. | |