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Amsonia 'Ernst Pagels'

Common Name: Eastern Blue Star
Plant Family: Apocynaceae
Plant Type: Hardy Perennial

A bushy perennial with narrow leaves topped with star-shaped pale blue flowers in early summer. Foliage turns bright yellow in autumn. Fairly drought tolerant. Reasonable soil in sun/ part shade. CAUTION SAP MAY CAUSE IRRITATION

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POT SIZE/QUANTITY: 9 cm
Season of Interest: Mid-summer
Bee and Butterfly: Both
Sun or Shade: Sun to Part Shade
Height: low (up to 3 feet)
Minimum temperature: Hardy
Position/Situation: Sunny Border
Planting Style: prairie
Suggested Use: Naturalising
Flower Colour: Blue
Leaf Colour: Green
Habit/Shape: Bushy
Soil Type: Normal, well-drained but moisture retentive
Soil PH: No preference
Rabbit & Deer Resistance: Deer & Rabbit Resistant Plants

Availability:

2 in stock

Price: £4.00

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Delivery Info
Pot Sizes

Mainland UK	£8.50 -£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1 through to IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value £35)	FREE
Seeds & cuttings only	£2	Collect from our Nursery (Elmsett, Suffolk, IP7 6LZ)	FREE
Scottish Highlands & offshore Islands	From £10	We only send plants & seeds to UK locations (excl. Northern Ireland) Sorry we cannot ship to any other Country due to British Plant Health regulations on the export of plants post Brexit. There are no exceptions unfortunately

See our delivery information page for details

Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre) or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx. 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre)
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Quantity or Pot size" on plant information page
Dormant Bulbs, Tubers and Bare-root perennials come either bagged or wrapped without a pot

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall.

Goes well with

Geum 'Princes Juliana'£4.50

Avens

Perennial with long stems bearing semi-double, Rose-like, orange-yellow flowers with a red tinge from early-mid summer.