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Amsonia 'Ernst Pagels'

Common Name: Eastern Blue Star

Plant Family: Apocynaceae

Price: £5.00

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Availability:

9 in stock

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

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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Mainland UK (Courier)	£8.50-£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1-IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value applies please click here for details)	FREE
Seeds only (Royal Mail)	£2	Click & Collect from the nursery or from Plant Fairs (2 days notice required)	FREE
Northern Ireland, Highlands & Islands	From £10

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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 or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Size/Qty" on product 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

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