When I heard where this Bluestar comes from, I didn`t give it the slightest change to survive in our nursery. It`s home are the south-east of the US from Florida to North-Carolina and west to Texas. The Fringed Bluestar did teach me better, for it is bone-hardy - on condition that it`s location doesn`t turn into a swamp during winter. The flowers of this Amsonia look very much like those of the other species (little sky blue stars), but it`s foliage is quite different and very filigrane. While in his native home the Fringed Bluestar grows mainly in dry forests and along hedges, it needs a place with full sunlight in Europe. Once established it will live for many years and needs hardly any care.