Amsonia Blue Star

Latin Name: Amsonia tabernaemontana

Bloom Color: Blue, Purple
Bloom Time: Mar, Apr, May

Characteristics:
This species should be cut back after flowering.
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.

Habitat:
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Soil Description: Wet to moist, sandy soils. Wet, sandy sites in thin woods & on plains
This species should be cut back after flowering. Blue star has naturalized northeast as far as Massachusetts.

Wildlife:
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Large Carpenter Bees, Hummingbird Moths, and a myriad of butterflies will flock to this shrub-like plant. It is a host plant for the Coral Hairstreak caterpillar.