View All Plants :: View All SUN PERENNIALS
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
Eastern Blue Star
Plant Type:
SUN PERENNIALSAmsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia - This wonderful, easy care Eastern Blue Star displays heads of clustered starry periwinkle blue flowers in spring. The rounded mounded perennial then takes on an almost shrub-like affect composed of densely packed simple blades in a medium green. In autumn the foliage turns a respectable yellow before succumbing to cold nights. It's lovely, tough, long-lived and much asked-about here. If ordered in our autumn shipping window you Eastern Blue Star will arrive cut back. Plant in fertile to average soil in half to full sun. Established pot grown perennial via division.
Characteristics and Attributes for Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / Autumn
Autumn Interest
- Autumn Leaf Color
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
- Butterflies
Light
- Mostly Sunny
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Border
- Drought Tolerant
- Wildlife Garden
- Natural Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Medium
Soil
- Average
- Fertile
- Draining
Origins
- Southeastern U.S.
Propagated By
- Division