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Homes & Gardens
Thomas Rutter

How to grow Arkansas blue star – for a drought-tolerant and flood-resistant native perennial with sky blue blooms

Amsonia, or Arkansas blue star, with sky blue flowers and green foliage.

Arkansas blue star, or Amsonia hubrichtii, are spectacular flowering perennials native to the temperate southern central region that includes Arkansas and Oklahoma, thriving on rocky outcrops, prairies, floodplains and creek habitats.

This native perennial produces thin, needle-like green foliage that will help to fill borders in the spring and summer, although the real stars of the show are the pale blue flowers that emerge from dark-blue buds usually around mid-summer.

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