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Amsonia hubrichtii
Narrow Leaf Blue Star
USDA Hardiness Zone 5-9
Top rated for the Midwest area in the Chicago Botanic Garden's trials.
The very fine, asparagus fern-like light green foliage turns to brilliant shades of yellow in the fall.
Blue to white, star-shaped blooms appear in the spring.   
Disease and insect resistant.

 

Height

36 Inches

Spread

36-48 Inches




Flower Color: 
Blue     Bloom Time:   April-May

Good Companions:
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Cranesbill (Geranium ), Daylily (Hemerocallis ), Variegated Japanese Silver Grass (Miscanthus sinensis)

Characteristics & Attributes
Deer Resistant
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Foliage Color
Green
Season of Interest (Flowering)
Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
Fall
Summer
Soil Moisture Preference
Moist but well-drained

2011 HOSTA OF THE YEAR

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PRAYING HANDS

Plant Size:
16" high by 30" wide
Leaf Detail:

WhiteMargin
7" long by 2" wide; dark green center,
narrow white
margin; wavy; cupped
lengthwise

Flowering:
narrow funnel-shaped, lavender
flowers from late July into August
on 30" scapes
Growing:

 medium to slow growth rate

Comments:

AMERICAN HOSTA GROWER’S ASSOCIATION 2011 HOSTA OF THE YEAR; popular, unusual cultivar with extremely cupped, very wavy, white-margined foliage; great in the garden, but outstanding as a container plant which emphasizes its upright mound habit and narrow, wavy foliage