Yucca louisianensis Desoto Blue Acanthus and easy-to-grow gem for the

and easy-to-grow gem for the rock garden

the foliage covers the basal clusters of small liver-colored flowers

Amsonia 'Blue Ice' has been an amazingly vigorous plant for the spring garden

We were able to secure a few divisions from the main clump and finally have enough flowering-sized seedlings to share

Yucca louisianensis Desoto Blue Acanthus and easy-to-grow gem for theYucca louisianensis 'Desoto Blue' is a 2003 Plant Delights discovery in Desoto Parish, Louisiana (near the Texas border), where it resides in sandy blackland prairies. We had seen several populations of the little known Southeast native Yucca louisianensis as we botanized the gulf coast states, when we discovered a single population with narrow glaucous blue foliage, adorned with curly filifers (threads), compared to the typical green form. Our