Eastern Blue Star
Amsonia orientalis
Apocynaceae
Growth habit
Sub-Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Greece
Source of plant
Lazy S's Farm Nursery
Description
Subshrub to 1m. Branches simple, short, erect, thickly leafy. Leaves 2.5-5cm, narrowly ovate to oval, apex acuminate, base rounded, thin-textured, sessile, margin and midvein hairy beneath. Flowers in dense cymes; corolla 1.5cm long, 1.25cm across at widest, bright blue to dark violet. Fruit 3cm, follicles spreading.
USDA Hardiness Zone
8