Amsonia tabernaemontana
easterm bluestar, blue dogbane
Apocynaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
flower
Size:
2-3 (4) ft tall by 2-3 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
blue
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
winter dormant
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Fall Color
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Wildflower garden. Also useful as a cut flower.
Considerations:
Poisonous foliage.
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Stays wet ---- to ---- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Clay, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
The flowers attract long-tongued insects such as carpenter bees, hummingbird moths, and butterflies. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are also attracted to the nectar. Not known to be a larval plant for monarch butterflies.
Avoided by mammalian herbivores.
Native Habitats:
Moist hammocks, ruderal.
