All Plants on this page are in
quart pots (Qt.) which are 1.68Pints (794 ml) liquid measure.
Several years ago, New World Asters were
reclassified and renamed Symphyotrichum and in one case Eurybia. We dragged our feet
for awhile but will finally put them on their own page for 2009.
Poor Aster divaricatus even got excommunicated from this new group
and is off all alone as an Eurybia divaricata!
Aster divaricatus and the cultivar A.
divaricatus 'Eastern Star' are classified as
Deer Resistance and Asters. Well, it's a controversy.
They never bother our Native Asters in our high deer population
area, many reputable sources on the Internet say they're deer
resistant and then occasionally I find a site that says they're not.
If it's important to you, try to do some more research and how deer
respond to Aster's in YOUR AREA -- that often is the difference.
Greyish foliage, narrow leaves. Lots of tight, purplish-pink buds open to spidery rose-pink flowers which mature to lilac. Happiest in well-watered spot. Cut to ground in spring. Becomes fuller & woody w/ age. Height varies with type of support. Blooms really LATE!. Strong grower.
Reports say this gets very tall because ours has always been about
6' tall and shrubby.
Soil: Any but winter wet
H:10-20' W:2-3' B/M: Rose pink/ 10-11
Also
listed by some as A. novi-belgii 'Alert'. Lots of debate on
it's exact classification but no matter. It's a great, compact
aster which virtually covers itself with red-violet blooms with
yellow eyes from September until Frost.
Soil:
Ave. to moist, fertile H: 12-18"" W:
18" B/M: Red violet/ 9-Frost
Beautiful
vivid lavender-blue 1-2" daisy-like flowers that cover the
plant in fall. Absolutely stunning in mass but also
lovely in containers. Likes full sun but can take some
afternoon shade. Beautiful with ornamental grasses.
Soil:
Most any H: 18-20" W:
12-18" B/M: Lavender
Blue/Fall 'til Frost
This
new aster selection was made by Lynn Caton, from the breeding
program of the late Ed Wood of Portland and makes a stunning compact
clump of clean, dark-green foliage, topped in Fall w/ sprays of
medium lavender-blue flowers w/ yellow centers. Best used in the front of the
border.
From
the breeding program of the late Ed Wood of Portland. It makes a
stunning compact clump of clean, dark-green foliage, topped in Fall
with sprays of medium-pink flowers with yellow centers. Best used in
the front of the border or as an edger.
This
new, dwarf aster selection from the breeding program of the late Ed
Wood of Portland will make a stunning compact clump of clean,
dark-green foliage, topped in Fall w/ sprays of dark-purple flowers
w/ yellow centers. Best used in the front of the border or as an
edger.
A
New York aster with very large white flower heads. Clump-forming,
rhizomatous perennial with slender stems and lance-shaped leaves.
Best in well-worked, moist soil. Ok in average moisture. Royal
Horticulture
Society Award of Garden Merit
Aster species host the caterpillars of
the Gorgone & Silvery Checkerspot, American Painted Lady,
Long-tailed Skipper, Painted Lady, Pearl Crescent. Many hybrid New England Asters are
acceptable as well.
What you're saying about us...
"My plants arrived this morning. A few leaves
had fallen off some of the plants, but considering that they
traveled across country, they are in very good condition. Frankly, I
can't see how you, (or anyone) could possibly do a better job of
shipping live plants, in pots, than what you're doing. Thanks."
Long-lasting,
LATE 3/8" blooms medium violet blue with bright yellow
central disks born on stems w/ 2-4" long, slender smooth leaves.
Mildew resistant. The Mount Cuba Center for Piedmont Flora
introduced this aster for its beauty & its tolerance of a range
of conditions. NO STAKING needed.
Soil:
Any but wet H: 40" W: 24"
B/M: Medium Violet blue/ 8-9
With deeper lavender blue flowers than
the species and yellow and purple eyes, 'Kurt' has a shorter habit
than both the species AND the well known 'Bluebird'. Small, very
green foliage. Again, as mentioned on this page, to my eyes,
there is no true blue Aster but this is petty blue!
Soil:
Any but wet H: 24" W: 24-30"
B/M: Lavender blue/ 8-9
Calico
aster is a bushy perennial that literally bears hundreds of small
white flowers w/ raspberry centers. 'Lady in Black' has dark
purple-red leaves & stems. This is a knockout plant that can be
used as a short, formal hedge. An improved 'Prince'. Divide
occasionally in spring.
Dense
clouds of 1/2" pastel lilac pink blooms on twiggy stems. Fine-textured,
grey-green foliage. Compact growth habit. LONGBLOOMING. Moist or
well-watered soil best. Every garden should have this plant! Divide
occasionally in early spring. Can be used as a short
hedge.
'THE FINEST ASTER IN MEMORY',
is how it's often described. It's astonishing
STUNNING rose pink color is vivid w/out being hot & with no
trace of violet. Cut back by 1/2 in June for compactness. Keep
well-watered. Prune to ground in winter. Divide every 2-3 years.
Needs no staking.
Soil:
Ave. to moist, fertile H: 42-48" W: 24-36"
B/M: Rose pink/
9-Frost
A heavily-branched, erect plant that bears flowers in VOLUME!
Reddish leaves; it makes a mass of intense color at the back of the
border. Cut back by 1/2 in late June for compactness. Keep
well-watered; divide every 2-3 years. Prune to ground in
winter.
Soil:
Ave. to moist, fertile
H: 40" W: 30" B/M: Royal purple/
9-Frost
An abundance of yellow-centered, daisy-like flowers from
a cultivar descended from the American species. This one is a clear
pink. Excellent cut flower. Cut back by 1/2 in June to keep compact.
Keep well-watered. Prune back to ground in winter. Divide every 2-3
years
An astounding volunteer that appeared in our garden between a
'Honeysong Pink' and a native purple in 2003. Midway between the colors in a gorgeous, unique
rosy violet, it's naturally short, around 2 feet tall without
pinching. A great size and color. Named after our
daughter in law who married our son the year we discovered this
plant!
The first TRUE DWARF in the New England Asters.
Perfect 1" flowers of bright purple in such profusion that they
completely cover the plant. Cut back by 1/2 in late June for
compactness. Keep well-watered. Divide every 2-3 years. Prune to the
ground in winter. Mildew resistant.
Symphyotrichums/Asters and the Color Blue.
Recently a customer wrote me about the color blue in Asters - she
doesn't like pinks and lavenders. I've looked at all of ours
and despite reports that this one or that one is blue, I
think you have to consider that the species colors of many Asters is
purple and to get a true, clear blue (I think) is hard (impossible?). To my
old eyes, there's always a hint of violet or lavender.
Yes, compared to the species, many are 'more blue', or 'closer to
blue' -- when breeders are working for blue -- but they're not true blue,
like you see in Salvia azurea or Salvia uliganosa or
some Campanulas or Nepetas or Caryopteris.
DOUBLE, red-purple
flower heads make this little aster an
eye-catcher. Clump-forming, rhizomatous with branched stems and stalk less, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves. Wants well-cultivated,
fertile, moist soil in sun or part shade. Divide every 2-3 years to
maintain vigor.
A 2009 Introduction that's a
major improvements over older forms. 18-24" tall with a
compact, rounded shape and in August/Sept, just smothered with
stunning raspberry-red blooms. From a distance actually looks
like a spring blooming Azalea! Vigorous growing and mildew
resistant.
Soil:
Ave. to moist H:18-24" W: 18-24"
B/M: Raspberry Red /9-10
Large
light blue flowers atop a dwarf, 12-15" New York aster work
perfectly in the rock garden. New York asters want more well drained
soil than
New England asters, but both like cutting back by 1/2 in late June
with floriferous, compact plants. Needs no spraying for mildew or
insects.
A tiny, dwarf PURE WHITE,
long-blooming aster. A compact mound of dainty foliage is cover with
10" tall flowers. Suitable for the front of the border or the
smaller garden & for cutting -- naturally! East to
grow and butterflies just love them.
Soil:
Ave. to moist H: 12" W: 18"
B/M: Pure White/ 9-10
One
to the smallest Aster, 'weighing' in at a mere 6" tall in general
and smothering it's little ole self in masses of right purplish
flowers in late summer and Fall, this is just a terrific little
plant and virtually unavailable in the trade as of January 2010.
Soil:
Ave. to moist H: 4-8" W: 8-16"
B/M: Purplish/9-10
'White
Swan' produces the largest flowers of white Aster varieties and is
the best-selling white variety in Europe for greenhouse pots.
Staking generally won't be necessary if one-third of the plant
height is removed by pinching before mid-July.
On a June 2005 shipment in days of 90 degree
heat:
"Plants look great, still plenty damp and not even faintly boiled. Your packing system is the best I've seen--and I've seen a lot this season (second mortgage coming soon). Thanks,
" Betsy in Okemos,
MI
This
High Plains Native is know for it's vigorous, low-spreading habit
which forms a dense carpet of flowers. An amazing fall display
of fragrant light pink bloom with burnt orange centers in a plant
that grows in a wide range of soil types but does need decent
drainage. Rhizomatous.
Another High Plains Native, taller
than the above and smother with 1" violet-blue flowers with yellow
center. This is a rhizomatous plant, with mounding habit
blooming VERY late, one of the latest in Fall which makes it all the
more special. When in bloom, a colony of this plant will just
stop traffic -- be nice -- don't plant it right beside the road!
Yeh, you think I'm exaggerating, right? Check this
photo out. Okay, this probably a couple of plants but
still... ohmygoodness!
This
is a terrific Aster with single ray flowers, aromatic foliage
blooming for weeks and weeks in late summer to mid Fall. This
rhizomatous plant is a low-growing and bushy, making mounds of dark
foliage with dark, sky blue blooms and does not want poorly drained
soil. 1" blooms with yellow centers literally smother the
foliage when in bloom. The name? Supposedly the sky is
deeper blue in October than any other month! This plants
celebrates the deeper blue of the October Sky.
Medium blue, fine textured single ray flowers over aromatic foliage appear on the Native from September thru October. A really terrific plant that's taking the aster world by storm. Needs full sun and unlike many asters, wants dry
soil. Cut back after flowering to prevent seedlings on this and all asters. A low-growing BUSHY aster w/ mounds of gray-green foliage.
Theodore
Klein Plant Award Winner - interesting history on this page.
Soil: Well-drained H:
24-36" W: 24-36"
B/M: Medium Blue/ 9-10
Grown
by special request from our Native Loving customer and Nursery Guru,
C. Colston Burrell of Native Landscape Design and Restoration (also
prolific Horticulture Writer and former Curator of Native Plants at
the National Arboretum). A potentially tall white aster that
he loves to work into Native Designs. Beautiful fuzzy stem
looks like it's covered with Frost. Extra long blooming.
Spreads by stolons.
Can be a giant of an aster! If you have room, it will just knock your socks off. Of course, it can be cut back mid-summer to tame the height. The species varies from blue thru purple but 'Eric's' is a nice medium blue. AKA, glossy-leaved aster,
bristly aster, purple-stem aster, swamp aster (but it seems very drought tolerant to us.) VERY long blooming.
Soil:
Any H: 6-8' W: 2-3'
B/M: Purple Blue/ 9-Frost
An
unbelievable amazing new introduction from Lazy S'S Farm via our
friend Jeana Prewitt. (Phlox 'Jeana'.) It was a passalong
plant from her friend and of unknown parentage. A
stoloniferous Aster with stolons right below the soil (not deep and
brittle like Monardas) and it's easy to pull up when it reaches the
edge of where you want it. But we want it everywhere!
And oddly, there's the occasional white bloom popping up among the
lavenders! In a good spot, it's around 18" tall in bloom
-- a little more in well watered spots and a little less in dry, but
in any spot, best if cut back 1/3 in June. In Jeana's words,
"A hardy survivor without being a pest!" Well lots of us could
use a gorgeous plant that fits that description. And voles
don't bother it! As our grandbaby would say, 'Hody Mody'
(That's Holy Moly for those that don't speak '2 year old talk'.)
Soil:
Most any but standing wet, even clay is OK
H: 18" W: Indef B/M:
Lavender/9-frost
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Deer Resistance and Asters. Well, it's a controversy.
They never bother our Native Asters in our high deer population
area, many reputable sources on the Internet say they're deer
resistant and then occasionally I find a site that says they're not.
If it's important to you, try to do some more research and how deer
respond to Aster's in YOUR AREA -- that often is the difference.
Greyish foliage, narrow leaves. Lots of tight, purplish-pink buds open to spidery rose-pink flowers which mature to lilac. Happiest in well-watered spot. Cut to ground in spring. Becomes fuller & woody w/ age. Height varies with type of support. Blooms really LATE!. Strong grower.
Reports say this gets very tall because ours has always been about
6' tall and shrubby.
Also
listed by some as A. novi-belgii 'Alert'. Lots of debate on
it's exact classification but no matter. It's a great, compact
aster which virtually covers itself with red-violet blooms with
yellow eyes from September until Frost.
Beautiful
vivid lavender-blue 1-2" daisy-like flowers that cover the
plant in fall. Absolutely stunning in mass but also
lovely in containers. Likes full sun but can take some
afternoon shade. Beautiful with ornamental grasses.
This
new aster selection was made by Lynn Caton, from the breeding
program of the late Ed Wood of Portland and makes a stunning compact
clump of clean, dark-green foliage, topped in Fall w/ sprays of
medium lavender-blue flowers w/ yellow centers. Best used in the front of the
border. 
From
the breeding program of the late Ed Wood of Portland. It makes a
stunning compact clump of clean, dark-green foliage, topped in Fall
with sprays of medium-pink flowers with yellow centers. Best used in
the front of the border or as an edger. 
This
new, dwarf aster selection from the breeding program of the late Ed
Wood of Portland will make a stunning compact clump of clean,
dark-green foliage, topped in Fall w/ sprays of dark-purple flowers
w/ yellow centers. Best used in the front of the border or as an
edger. 
A
New York aster with very large white flower heads. Clump-forming,
rhizomatous perennial with slender stems and lance-shaped leaves.
Best in well-worked, moist soil. Ok in average moisture. Royal
Horticulture
Society Award of Garden Merit 
Long-lasting,
LATE 3/8" blooms medium violet blue with bright yellow
central disks born on stems w/ 2-4" long, slender smooth leaves.
Mildew resistant. The Mount Cuba Center for Piedmont Flora
introduced this aster for its beauty & its tolerance of a range
of conditions. NO STAKING needed. 
With deeper lavender blue flowers than
the species and yellow and purple eyes, 'Kurt' has a shorter habit
than both the species AND the well known 'Bluebird'. Small, very
green foliage. Again, as mentioned on this page, to my eyes,
there is no true blue Aster but this is petty blue!
Calico
aster is a bushy perennial that literally bears hundreds of small
white flowers w/ raspberry centers. 'Lady in Black' has dark
purple-red leaves & stems. This is a knockout plant that can be
used as a short, formal hedge. An improved 'Prince'. Divide
occasionally in spring. 
Dense
clouds of 1/2" pastel lilac pink blooms on twiggy stems. Fine-textured,
grey-green foliage. Compact growth habit. LONGBLOOMING. Moist or
well-watered soil best. Every garden should have this plant! Divide
occasionally in early spring. Can be used as a short
hedge. 
'THE FINEST ASTER IN MEMORY',
is how it's often described. It's astonishing
STUNNING rose pink color is vivid w/out being hot & with no
trace of violet. Cut back by 1/2 in June for compactness. Keep
well-watered. Prune to ground in winter. Divide every 2-3 years.
Needs no staking. 
A heavily-branched, erect plant that bears flowers in VOLUME!
Reddish leaves; it makes a mass of intense color at the back of the
border. Cut back by 1/2 in late June for compactness. Keep
well-watered; divide every 2-3 years. Prune to ground in
winter. 
An abundance of yellow-centered, daisy-like flowers from
a cultivar descended from the American species. This one is a clear
pink. Excellent cut flower. Cut back by 1/2 in June to keep compact.
Keep well-watered. Prune back to ground in winter. Divide every 2-3
years 
An astounding volunteer that appeared in our garden between a
'Honeysong Pink' and a native purple in 2003. Midway between the colors in a gorgeous, unique
rosy violet, it's naturally short, around 2 feet tall without
pinching. A great size and color. Named after our
daughter in law who married our son the year we discovered this
plant!
The first TRUE DWARF in the New England Asters.
Perfect 1" flowers of bright purple in such profusion that they
completely cover the plant. Cut back by 1/2 in late June for
compactness. Keep well-watered. Divide every 2-3 years. Prune to the
ground in winter. Mildew resistant. 
DOUBLE, red-purple
flower heads make this little aster an
eye-catcher. Clump-forming, rhizomatous with branched stems and stalk less, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves. Wants well-cultivated,
fertile, moist soil in sun or part shade. Divide every 2-3 years to
maintain vigor. 
A 2009 Introduction that's a
major improvements over older forms. 18-24" tall with a
compact, rounded shape and in August/Sept, just smothered with
stunning raspberry-red blooms. From a distance actually looks
like a spring blooming Azalea! Vigorous growing and mildew
resistant.
Large
light blue flowers atop a dwarf, 12-15" New York aster work
perfectly in the rock garden. New York asters want more well drained
soil than
New England asters, but both like cutting back by 1/2 in late June
with floriferous, compact plants. Needs no spraying for mildew or
insects. 
A tiny, dwarf PURE WHITE,
long-blooming aster. A compact mound of dainty foliage is cover with
10" tall flowers. Suitable for the front of the border or the
smaller garden & for cutting -- naturally! East to
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One
to the smallest Aster, 'weighing' in at a mere 6" tall in general
and smothering it's little ole self in masses of right purplish
flowers in late summer and Fall, this is just a terrific little
plant and virtually unavailable in the trade as of January 2010.
'White
Swan' produces the largest flowers of white Aster varieties and is
the best-selling white variety in Europe for greenhouse pots.
Staking generally won't be necessary if one-third of the plant
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This
is a terrific Aster with single ray flowers, aromatic foliage
blooming for weeks and weeks in late summer to mid Fall. This
rhizomatous plant is a low-growing and bushy, making mounds of dark
foliage with dark, sky blue blooms and does not want poorly drained
soil. 1" blooms with yellow centers literally smother the
foliage when in bloom. The name? Supposedly the sky is
deeper blue in October than any other month! This plants
celebrates the deeper blue of the October Sky.
Medium blue, fine textured single ray flowers over aromatic foliage appear on the Native from September thru October. A really terrific plant that's taking the aster world by storm. Needs full sun and unlike many asters, wants dry
soil. Cut back after flowering to prevent seedlings on this and all asters. A low-growing BUSHY aster w/ mounds of gray-green foliage.
Grown
by special request from our Native Loving customer and Nursery Guru,
C. Colston Burrell of Native Landscape Design and Restoration (also
prolific Horticulture Writer and former Curator of Native Plants at
the National Arboretum). A potentially tall white aster that
he loves to work into Native Designs. Beautiful fuzzy stem
looks like it's covered with Frost. Extra long blooming.
Spreads by stolons. 
Can be a giant of an aster! If you have room, it will just knock your socks off. Of course, it can be cut back mid-summer to tame the height. The species varies from blue thru purple but 'Eric's' is a nice medium blue. AKA, glossy-leaved aster,
bristly aster, purple-stem aster, swamp aster (but it seems very drought tolerant to us.) VERY long blooming.
An
unbelievable amazing new introduction from Lazy S'S Farm via our
friend Jeana Prewitt. (Phlox 'Jeana'.) It was a passalong
plant from her friend and of unknown parentage. A
stoloniferous Aster with stolons right below the soil (not deep and
brittle like Monardas) and it's easy to pull up when it reaches the
edge of where you want it. But we want it everywhere!
And oddly, there's the occasional white bloom popping up among the
lavenders! In a good spot, it's around 18" tall in bloom
-- a little more in well watered spots and a little less in dry, but
in any spot, best if cut back 1/3 in June. In Jeana's words,
"A hardy survivor without being a pest!" Well lots of us could
use a gorgeous plant that fits that description. And voles
don't bother it! As our grandbaby would say, 'Hody Mody'
(That's Holy Moly for those that don't speak '2 year old talk'.).jpg)
