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Amsonia 'Blue Ice', 2017

"Amsonia 'Blue Ice', 2017, [Blue Star], am-SO-nee-uh, 12-18in #Perennial, USDA Hardiness Zone 4-9, Dark Lavender Blue, Bloom Month 5b-6, In Garden Bed p1 for 7.1 YEARS.

 

Family Apocynaceae. Amsonia is native to moist woods and banks but reportedly will grow in just about any moist soil in full sun to part sun. If grown in too much shade or rich soil it can become open and floppy.Stems can be cut back to 6 to 8"" after flowering to produce a fuller growth for fall color. Patio. A chance seedling of A. tabernaemontana. Planted in 2010.

 

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Uploaded on August 10, 2017
Taken on May 23, 2017