Blue Ice Bluestar Home Design and in mixed perennial beds

and in mixed perennial beds where summer shade can be challenging

and even in colder winters

That light window supports a strong spring bloom and helps encourage those repeat flushes later in the season

White-to-blush blooms are especially forgiving with brick

Blue Ice Bluestar Home Design and in mixed perennial bedsDeeper Blue Flowers on a Compact Perennial Blue Ice Amsonia is a compact bluestar perennial grown for its dark blue buds, vivid periwinkle blue star shaped flowers, and tidy garden habit. Compared with many taller bluestars, Blue Ice stays shorter and denser, making it easier to use near the front of borders, along walkways, in foundation plantings, and in smaller perennial beds. In late spring to early summer, clusters of blue star shaped flowers