In the mid-'80s I attended a mid-South Native Plant Conference and brought back a blue star plant, Amsonia tabernaemontani, for my garden. It has given me years of pleasure and increased greatly in ...

Arkansas blue star, or Amsonia hubrichtii, are spectacular flowering perennials native to the temperate southern central ...

Each year the Perennial Plant Association (www.perennialplant.org) selects a "Plant of the Year." Members of the selection committee choose four perennial plants from an extensive list submitted by ...