Wherever it is in the garden, Amsonia (aka blue star) will hold interest.
In bloom or not, this sun-loving perennial stands tall and hardy in most conditions, and while it produces thick and vigorous clumps, it rarely becomes an invasive annoyance.
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All in all, if you can grow blue star, you should! Here’s a handy look at everything we’re about to cover up ahead so you can pinpoint what you’re looking for:
If anything were to offer some competition with my love of gardening, it’s fantasy worlds and stories.
I have an absurd affection and appreciation for magical settings and tales, and when those worlds collide it’s a wonderful thing.
Wild and weird plants are my favorites, and Tolkien’s vast and tediously detailed setting of Middle Earth is at the top of the pile.
So when I first saw Amsoniamany years ago, I thought immediately of the impromptu poetry Samwise Gamgee puts together in the aftermath of Gandalf’s death in Moria:
<em>The finest rockets ever seen They burst in stars of blue and green Or after thunder, silver showers Came falling like a rain of flowers</em>Talk about a looker of a plant! A tall and almost spindly specimen growing up about three feet in height topped with a periwinkle spray of flowers.
It seemed like something every hobbit would grow in their garden, and every hobbit loves gardening, so obviously The Shire would be densely covered in amsonia, right?
I love lots of plants but they’re all my favorites in different ways, and for different reasons. Amsonia gives me a sweet taste of nostalgia every time I see it.
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