Chimonanthus praecox 26/5 Restock Amsonia ludoviciana is the outlier

Amsonia ludoviciana is the outlier of the group

Lovely with peonies

Because the narrow-leaved japonica form 'Longifolia' looks much the same

Most bluestars are smooth

offering some of the season's first nectar and pollen to native bees

Chimonanthus praecox 26/5 Restock Amsonia ludoviciana is the outlierIn the dead of winter, when the garden has given up on color and scent alike, Chimonanthus praecox quietly does the impossible. On bare, leafless branches, often in January and February, the wintersweet opens small, waxy, cupped stars of translucent pale yellow, each flushed at the heart with maroon, and from them pours a fragrance so rich and far carrying that a single sprig will perfume a room. The Chinese name, la mei, the wax plum, catches the