06/01/2026
When I planted this Bluebeard several years ago, it was to replace a plant that died after an unusually cold winter. And I'm enchanted by its purplish blue blooms with little beards on the base petal. The bees and other pollinators love it and the deer leave it alone. Every shrub, like this one, that gets cut way back in late summer and then is full of new growth and blooms a few months later feels like a miracle to me.