| Description | Eastern Blue Star (Amsonia tabernaemontana) is a native wild flower with pale blue flowers and bright yellow fall color. |
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| Pronunciation | (am-SO-knee-uh) (tab-er-nay-MON-tah-nuh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full, light shade |
| Moisture | moist to average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pale blue, tubular corolla with 5 widely spreading lobe, star like, 1/2-3/4 inch, borne in panicles, blooms for about a month, mid-spring to early summer |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, glossy green above, underside pale green, smooth edges, narrow oval, yellow in the fall |
| Roots | tap root |
| Dimensions | 2-4 feet tall, bushy growth habit |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Amsonia commemorates for some authorities a little known mid-18th Century American doctor and traveller, Charles Amson of Virginia, who was a friend of the English settler John Clayton (1686-1773). Others wonder instead whether it might commemorate a past Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia (a Dr. John Amson) who was also alleged to be an associate of John Clayton – or even that the two are one and the same person if not related. (#145) AKA: Blue dogbane, Willow amsonia, Woodland bluestar |
| Notes & Reference | #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm), #145-Plant Lives (Sue Eland) web site |
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