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Amsonia rigida |
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| | Finally blooming in year four |
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| | Late April: a few leaves on a stick |
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| Common name |
stiff blue star |
| Family |
apocynaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue (late spring) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
average-moist soil |
Native to open woodlands in the southeastern United States, this bluestar has grey-blue flowers and lance-shaped leaves. Ours is taking a long time to develop – two full seasons after being started from seed, it still emerged as just a little whip of a plant in spring, and continues to live in our orchard nursery area. But it's starting to show more of its eventual habit, which is rather different from that of other amsonias we've grown: sparsely branched and leaved, looking almost like a little tree. I think I spotted some attempt at blooming in May of their third year, but it never amounted to much, and I failed to capture it on photo. But the following year, flowering was more assertive, as shown in the picture above. All in all, our plant looks a bit different from online photos of the species, so I'll reserve judgment as to its true identity until I've done some more research.
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| | Second-year plant, looking like a little tree |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. See comparative information about amsonias in our garden About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Amsonia rigida
- Seed from HPS/MAG '08/'09 exchange. Baggy 35F (8w) - 75F (92%G, 9-13d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (8w) - 75F (92%G, 12-23d)
- Seed from HPS/MAG '11/'12 exchange. Baggy 35F (8w) - 75F (96%G, 3-12d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (90%G, 4-10d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (8w) - 75F (100%G, 4-10d)
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