Amsonia tabernaemontana Storm Cloud Saururus Cut the spent flower stalk

Cut the spent flower stalk to the ground after frost whenever one wants to

arching flower spikes in early spring that are laden with large flowers whose inner sepals look like giant purple spiders with contrasting white exterior sepals on the back

forming a 5' wide patch in just 2 years

flowering maples we have ever grown

The huge 14" heads of fragrant

Amsonia tabernaemontana Storm Cloud Saururus Cut the spent flower stalkIn 2011, plant breeder Hans Hansen and Tony were botanizing along a woodland stream in a remote Bibb County, Alabama forest when we spotted several clumps of amsonia flowering in the wet, deep shade. We collected divisions of a few clones and after trialing them in both NC and Michigan, we selected one we both agreed was the best amsonia we'd ever grown. Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Storm Cloud' forms a compact 2' tall x 3' wide clump that emerges with