Amsonia ludoviciana prophouse-summer-2026 a foundation planting

a foundation planting

a contrast to the heavier reds and pinks that dominate the genus

and the story is part of the plant

One parent is the yuzu

slightly windblown look rather than a flat uniform one

Amsonia ludoviciana prophouse-summer-2026 a foundation plantingMost bluestars are smooth, cool customers; Amsonia ludoviciana is the outlier of the group. The Louisiana bluestar belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, and shares the clan's five petaled, star shaped flowers and milky sap, but the leaves set the species apart: narrow and willowy, and unusually clothed beneath with a grey white felt, a woolly tomentum that catches the light and lends the whole plant a soft, silvered cast rare in the genus. In