Shade Gardening: Japanese and Chinese Plants for the Shade, 1 by gregr18

gregr18 wrote:
This is Amsonia elliptica, a Chinese member of the genus. It's a little difficult to photograph in the shade, but I gave it a shot. I like Amsonia's quite a bit, so I couldn't resist the chance to add this plant to my small collection. Though the colors are washed a bit in this photo, the flowers are a slightly richer shade of blue than the other species I grow.

-Greg

Edited to add that this isn't a shade plant per se, but like A. tabernaemontana, will take quite a bit of shade and still flower quite nicely. The plant I posted gets about four hours of sun.

This message was edited Jun 14, 2006 11:21 PM