Asphodeline damascena Corsica we think you'll agree

we think you'll agree

open shade to several hours of full sun

growing at a church in Greensboro

The 18" tall x 3' wide clumps are composed of 1' long

which we now know to be Lycoris sprengeri 'Hayward'

Asphodeline damascena Corsica we think you'll agreeAsphodeline 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,