Its white fragrant pinwheel petals evoke nostalgic memories of my childhood in Belgium, where village landscapes are scattered with large wooden windmills. This connection is as personal as my ...

Also known as Florida Gardenia, Crepe Jasmine, and Pinwheel flower, Tabernaemontana divaricata is an evergreen grown mostly for its shiny leaves and lovely flowers. The genus, Tabernaemontana ...

Is it any wonder then that blue flowers are prized among gardeners? Above: Amsonia tabernaemontana. Photograph by Kerry Woods ...

MANILA, Philippines - Tabernaemontana divaricata cv.‘CV Lazaro’ is related to the Philippine native pandakaki (Tabernaemontana pandacaqui) but has white multi-petalled flowers with frills on ...

With its brief but beautiful blue star-shaped blooms, Blue Star (Amsonia tabernaemontana) is a popular and easy-to-grow ...

Found in the depths of a forest, this popular “testicle” fruit is used to treat a problem that too many “alpha” males have. The testicles are on the form of fruit from the Tabernaemontana ...

One of my favorite June blooming perennial plants is Amsonia tabernaemontana, commonly referred to as blue star. The genus name, Amsonia, honors an 18th century Virginia physician, Dr. Charles Amson.

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely ...