How to Care for a Blue Ice Plant
The Amsonia Blue Ice plant, sometimes called the Blue Star, gets its name from the light blue blossoms it produces during its extended blooming season, which lasts through both the spring and summer seasons. Not technically a shrub, the Blue Ice plant grows in a compact, dense manner that resembles a shrub. The plant doesn't require much tending, but a little care will help your Blue Ice thrive. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Keep an Amsonia Blue Ice plant in a location where it receives at least 4 hours of direct sunlight per day. If you can, keep it in a full sun location that gets more than six hours of sun per day. If your Amsonia plant is currently planted in shade, dig the plant up with all the roots and transplant the plant to a sunnier location, or you risk the planting wilting.
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Supply the Blue Ice with enough water to keep the soil moist at all times throughout the extended spring and summer growing seasons. The watering schedule for your plant depends on multiple factors, including rainfall and daytime temperatures. Water the plant so that the ground stays moist and do not allow the ground to dry out completely before the next watering. Once you determine the frequency with which you need to water the Amsonia Blue Ice, set a schedule and water it regularly.
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Take the wilted flower heads off the Blue Ice plant as they die off during the growing season to maintain the plant's appearance. Generally, you won't need to worry about wilting flowers until late in the summer.
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Trim the stems down so that they are only 6 to 8 inches in height after the plant flowers during the summer season. This results in denser growth of the plant's foliage.
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Tips & Warnings
Blue Ice plants are both insect and deer-resistant.
