Amsonia montana 25/10 Restock In shape the shrub recalls

In shape the shrub recalls a small weeping willow

Lyon collected this turtlehead somewhere in the mountains around 1812 without recording quite where

where the glossy foliage and tidy proportions show to advantage

and some botanists would file the whole group under Melaleuca rather than Callistemon

and the toughness is all there too: this is a near-indestructible evergreen for difficult

Amsonia montana 25/10 Restock In shape the shrub recallsDwarf bluestar is the compact, well behaved member of the clan, a tidy mound of upright stems and soft green leaves topped in late spring with clusters of powder blue, star shaped flowers. Often treated as a low form of the eastern bluestar, Amsonia montana stays small and shapely, a fine choice where the taller bluestars would sprawl. Standing only about a foot, dwarf bluestar suits the front of a border, a rock garden, a container, or any tight,