Amsonia tabernaemontana (Blue Star (aka Eastern Bluestar, Woodland Bluestar))

Landscape size: Up to 3 feet

Bloom Color: Purple, Blue

Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May

Growing Conditions

• Light Requirement: Part Shade

• Soil Description: Wet to moist, sandy soils

• This species should be cut back after flowering.

• Native habitat is generally wet, sandy sites in thin woods & on plains

Blue Star hosts Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Large Carpenter Bees, Hummingbird Moths, and a myriad of butterflies. It is a host plant for the Coral Hairstreak caterpillar.