Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata
Fringed bluestar is a fine, threadleaf bluestar of dry Southeastern sandhills, with clusters of soft blue star-flowers in spring and golden, feathery foliage in fall. Deer-resistant.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, MO, NC, OK, SC, TX