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Genus: A

Acanthus: bear's breech
Achillea: Yarrow
Acorus: sweet flag
Actinidia: hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum: northern maidenhair fern
Aegopodium: variegated bishop's weed
Agastache: Giant hyssop
Ajuga: Bugleweed
Akebia: five-leaved akebia
Allium: onion; chives
Amphicarpaea: hog peanut
Amsonia: Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon: big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone: Canada anemone
Anthoxanthum: sweet vernal grass
Apios: Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia: Columbine
Aralia: sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos: bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria: irish moss
Aristolochia: Dutchman's pipe
Armeria: sea pink
Aruncus: Goatsbeard
Arundinaria: canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo: giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum: Wild ginger
Asclepias: butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina: pawpaw
Asplenium: ebony spleenwort
Aster: aster
Athyrium: Japanese painted fern; lady fern
Atrichum: (moss)

Next: B

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Amsonia

(Apocynaceae - dogbane family)

About 20 species of perennial herbs.

hubrectii

peren • ht 2-3' • zones 5-9

thread-leaf blue star; Arkansas blue-star

native, sun - part shade
cent US

This distinctive, clump-forming species is known for the long, very slender leaves which grow in whorls around the stem. The shiny leaves are dark green in summer and change first to bright yellow, then to golden brown in autumn. Clusters 2-3" across of periwinkle-blue flowers across bloom in late spring and early summer. Once established in moist, well-drained soil, thread-leaf bluestar is tough, drought-tolerant, and long-lived.

cat # 6A3D
$8.95 each

tabernaemontana

peren • ht 3' • zones 4-9

blue star; willow amsonia

native, sun - part shade
se US

A long-lived species with upright stems and willow-like foliage. Terminal clusters of small, light blue, star-shaped flowers appear in early summer. Prefers moist soil and light shade but is quite adaptable.

cat # 6A3H
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea