Amsonia orientalis Blue Ice Aspidistra a wild collection from Algeria

a wild collection from Algeria

wavy leaves of dark green with a stunning creamy white center

are green at the base but change to bright red with white speckling near the hoods

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

pointed green leaves and topped with large terminal panicles of white flowers from late May through August (NC)

Amsonia orientalis Blue Ice Aspidistra a wild collection from Algeria(aka: Amsonia WFF form) Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is an amazing selection of Amsonia blue star that was discovered in a seedling block of Amsonia at Connecticut's Sunny Border Nursery by Michael Dodge, then of White Flower Farm. For years, we thought it was a hybrid, but paternity tests revealed it to be a selection of the Eurasian (Greece and Turkey) Amsonia orientalis. The 2' wide mound of narrow, dark green, deer resistant foliage is topped in early