Arkansas Bluestar
Amsonia hubrichtii
Arkansas bluestar pairs powder-blue spring flowers with feathery needle-fine leaves that turn brilliant gold in fall. Named Perennial Plant of the Year for that three-season show.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AR, OK