Amsonia illustris (Ozark Bluestar) Height - 4' and Taller With cotton candy-pink like flowers

With cotton candy-pink like flowers

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Amsonia illustris (Ozark Bluestar) Height - 4' and Taller With cotton candy-pink like flowersThe starry pale blue clusters of flowers of Amsonia illustris are quite stunning. The light puffy flowers appear beginning in April crowning upright stalks of willowy foliage. Reaching about 36" tall, this Ozark Bluestar does best in a full sun with moist to mesic loamy soils. The graceful leaves turn almost caramel colored in autumn. An excellent plant for a prairie or native garden bed. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Wet Mesic, Mesic