Amsonia tabernaemontana Storm Cloud Laos 5" wide green leaves are

5" wide green leaves are each highlighted with a stunning central "white lightning" pattern

since the true Aspidistra 'Milky Way' (aka 'Amanogawa') has leaves displaying both stripes and spots

The unspotted flesh colored petioles that support the leaves top out at 18" tall when mature

This 1992 Larry Shatzer hybrid (probably Hedychium flavescens x gardnerianum)

you'd never recognize it

Amsonia tabernaemontana Storm Cloud Laos 5" wide green leaves areIn 2011, plant breeder Hans Hansen and Tony were botanizing along a woodland stream in a remote Bibb County, Alabama forest when we spotted several clumps of amsonia flowering in the wet, deep shade. We collected divisions of a few clones and after trialing them in both NC and Michigan, we selected one we both agreed was the best amsonia we'd ever grown. Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Storm Cloud' forms a compact 2' tall x 3' wide clump that emerges with