Asphodeline damascena Pulmonaria adjective-laden clumps remain evergreen down

adjective-laden clumps remain evergreen down to 5 degrees F

This Japanese selection of their native aucuba is painfully slow-growing

and now are able to share

blushed pink and with a yellow-tipped tongue

vase-shaped specimen hosta came from the breeding program of Dr

Asphodeline damascena Pulmonaria adjective-laden clumps remain evergreen downAsphodeline damascena is a little known asphodel (not to be confused with infidels), hailing from Turkey, and adjacent Syria. The narrow, fleshy blue foliage resembles a clump of blue fescue, but with thick, waxy foliage. The two year old clumps are topped with 3' tall stalks of starry white flower that open in late afternoon, starting for us in early June. Damascus asphodel grows best in a gravelly rock garden setting in full sun. In the garden,