Amsonia illustris

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Amsonia illustris

Plant (HPS Number P03450)

Notes:
Date donated: 14th Nov 2011
Donor: unknown

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 25698 - accepted name
  • Date added to the website: 23rd Mar 2023
  • Date updated on the website: 19th Dec 2024
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2 linked publications

Learning Curve by Val Bourne
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 1 Spring 2025

Calendula officinalis ‘Indian Prince’ (©HPS Image Library)

Sharing wisdom by Noel Kingsbury
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 2 Autumn 2025

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On a Chalk Hillside April 2023 – Hardy Plant Seeds winners and losers in our garden 2

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Amsonia illustris

P03450
Archive Seeds
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Amsonia illustris

M08943

Plants in the genus : Amsonia

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Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia

P07746
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Amsonia tabernaemontana

P05632
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Amsonia tabernaemontana

P06383
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Amsonia tabernaemontana

S00148
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Amsonia tabernaemontana

M00409
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Amsonia sp.

M09252
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Amsonia orientalis

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Amsonia orientalis

P03452
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Amsonia orientalis

P04545
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Amsonia orientalis

M00408
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Amsonia jonesii

P03451
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Amsonia illustris

P03450
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Amsonia illustris

M08943
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Amsonia hubrichtii

P07294
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Amsonia hubrichtii

M00407
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M06838
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P11190
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Amsonia ciliata

P07293
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Amsonia ciliata

S00147
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Amsonia ciliata

M00406

Plants in the family : Apocynaceae

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Amsonia tabernaemontana

M00409
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S00248
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Vincetoxicum nigrum

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Vincetoxicum nigrum

P05045
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Amsonia illustris

P03450
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P11966
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M00408
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M06594
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Vincetoxicum nigrum

P06370
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Vinca minor ‘Ralph Shugert’

P13022
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Araujia sericifera

S00213
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Vinca major ‘Variegata’ (v) && Vinca minor

P09491
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Araujia sericifera

M00729
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Amsonia ex ‘Ernst Pagels’ 

M06838
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Adenium obesum

P11204
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Asclepias incarnata

S00247
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Mandevilla laxa

P07563
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Vinca minor ‘Bowles’s Variety’

P12180
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