Caryopteris clandonensis Blue Empire PP 30494 Patrinia (aka: Ligularia tussilaginea) This unusual

(aka: Ligularia tussilaginea) This unusual Japanese selection of leopard plant could easily have been named "snow leopard

Cut the spent flower stalk to the ground after frost whenever one wants to

where it resides in dense forests

has been a star in our garden trials

fuzzy grey-green leaves

Caryopteris clandonensis Blue Empire PP 30494 Patrinia (aka: Ligularia tussilaginea) This unusual(aka: Caryopteris ELSTI 01) Caryopteris 'Blue Empire' is the new standard in grey leafed false blue spirea. This incredibly vigorous giant reaches 6' tall x 7' wide in our trials. This gem was originally discovered as an open pollinated seedling from Caryopteris 'First Choice' in 2011, by Holland's Fransiscus Johannes Christiaan Elst. The woody stems are clothed with narrow, fragrant silvery green leaves and cymes of large violet blue flowers from