Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

Blue Star
Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

Height: 35-40 cm

Width: 45-60 cm

Zone: 4

Exposure: Sun to part shade

Bloom Time: Late Spring - early Summer

Deear and rabbit resistant

This introduction is long-blooming and compact in habit. It forms a low mound of green willow-like leaves, bearing clusters of dark-blue buds that open into starry soft-blue flowers. Beginning in early summer, these bloom for weeks. Plants are long-lived, ideal for massing or growing near the front of the sunny border. Leaves turn buttery gold in the autumn. Easy and carefree. Flower colour is the deepest shade of blue yet found in any Amsonia species or selection. Discovered in a seedling block of Amsonia tabernaemontana at White Flower Farms, but suspected to be a hybrid.     

Photo and description courtesy Heritage Perennials