Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Blue Star

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)

Distribution: Garden Hybrid

Life form: Perennial plant

Comments: This plant is a 1-3 ft., erect-stemmed perennial forming large, multi-stemmed clumps. The smooth stems are crowded with narrow, oval leaves which turn golden-yellow in the fall. Blue tubular flowers, the rim flaring to a star-shape, appear in loosely conjested clusters at the tips of the stems. The 'Blue Ice culitivar is much more compact and dense. It reaches just 15 inches tall and blooms much more vigorously than the straight species.