Asphodeline damascena Pulmonaria The center of each leaf

The center of each leaf is a wide patch of lighter green/chartreuse

and now are able to share

forming a robust clump to nearly 2' tall

This Japanese selection of their native aucuba is painfully slow-growing

double the height of many of the other La Bufa selections

Asphodeline damascena Pulmonaria The center of each leafAsphodeline damascena is a little known asphodel (not to be confused with infidels), hailing from Turkey, and adjacent Syria. The narrow, fleshy blue foliage resembles a clump of blue fescue, but with thick, waxy foliage. The two year old clumps are topped with 3' tall stalks of starry white flower that open in late afternoon, starting for us in early June. Damascus asphodel grows best in a gravelly rock garden setting in full sun. In the garden,