Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Eastern bluestar is a dependable native perennial topped with clusters of powder-blue stars in spring, forming a shrubby mound that turns brilliant golden-yellow in fall. Deer-resistant and adaptable.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA