Smooth Aster is a hardy plant that defies frost and keeps on blooming, often into November, with a profusion of lavender-blue, star-like flowers. The yellow flower-center turns reddish, later in the season. The leaves are smooth to the touch which …
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Danube Stokes Aster Cannot Ship to CA shipping for orders received from California might be delayed, and cant ship any 3 gallon plants to California. The plants maybe shipped in smaller pots/plastic bags for the safety of the plants No serious insect or disease problems; Flowering stems tend to flop less than some other Stokes ™aster cultivars Very Low maintenance; Drought and rabbit tolerant. Size: Reaches a maximum of 12-18" tall/wide Sun: Needs full sun to partial sun Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8 Note: The plant is shipped in its pot, firmly secured with several layers of clear tape, thereby avoiding any shuffling and moving during transit. The plant reaches you with minimal damage- very safe and secure. We have been shipping plants like this for several years (plant are sometimes shipped in smaller pots for safety and ease of shipping). Most plants go dormant in fall and winter and will lose most of their leaves - looking dead and dry - very normal. They will flush out in spring. We cannot send ship some plants and some sizes to California due to restrictions placed by department of agriculture.
A border of Asters is an unforgettable spectacle in the fall. Combine them with the graceful silky blossoms of Japanese Anemones, the lavender-purple airy bouquets of Tall Verbena, and architectural ornamental grasses such as the lovely Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis), and you will enjoy a delightful color show which will enlighten your garden for weeks, from mid-summer until late winter.
Loose clusters of multiple flowering heads are found concentrated mainly on one side of the widely spreading branches of Calico Aster. Like most Asters, it attracts a variety of insects but it has shorter nectar tubes. The species gets its common name from the variety of colors of its blossoms' central disks. Other common names in use include: Goblet Aster, Side-Flowering Aster Another botanical name in use is Aster lateriflorus
Smooth Aster, Aster laevis, produces billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in late summer and fall. Find it at Sugar Creek Gardens plant nursry.
A lovely Missouri native aster, Blue Wood Aster, Aster cordifolius, produces clouds of rich blue flowers in late summer and fall.
Find Aster Purple Dome in the St Louis area at Sugar Creek Gardens.
Do you want a garden that blooms when the weather warms every spring? Get perennial spring flowers like yarrow and lantana in the ground this fall!
Sustainable and xeric gardens benefit from the addition of the stokes aster. Care of this charming plant is minimal once the stokes aster plant is established in the garden. Read this article to learn
