Definitions
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- noun evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
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Examples
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" There ' s always something in a perennial garden to surprise you, " she said as she paused before a patch of Amsonia hubrichtii, I believe it was, rather than Amsonia tabernaemontana.
Perennial Fascination Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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Two new types of Amsonias from Mouse Creek have been added here, A. tabernaemontana and A. illustris.
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The image above shows the blue stars of Amsonia tabernaemontana fronting Baptisia spikes.
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For the curious: A flat of Gomphrena ‘Strawberry Fields’, Amsonia tabernaemontana, two of these to join the one previously purchased, Deschampsia caespitosa, three of these, Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’, one to join another already bought, Aster, Symphyotrichum dumosus ‘Snow Mound’, one of these.
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It forms new genus immediately after tabernaemontana, and consequently belongs to the class called contortae.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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… like the blue of the Amsonia tabernaemontana, blue dogbane, a shade of blue that reflects the sky,
May Dreams Gardens 2010
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