Growing Conditions

This delicate-looking milkweed has needle-like leaves and fragrant white flowers in the summer. It will spread moderately quickly by underground rhizomes, but is not invasive (it can also self-seed, so if seedlings are not desirable,...

Very late-blooming perennial with clouds of small pale blue flowers. Tough, adaptable and dry shade tolerant. This cultivar is propagated from cuttings, which means all the plants are clonal with uniform look. Upright plant with heart-shaped basal leaves...

'Eastern Star' is a bit shorter and more compact than the species and has very dark, nearly black and shiny stems and dark veins on leaves. Flowers are white, smaller (less than 1"). Adaptable, tough mounding and groundcovering perennial, easily grown in...

'First Snow' = a bit shorter, densely, well branched and rich blooming selection of native aster. Late blooming pollinator magnet with clouds of tiny white flowers. Useful for migrating Monarchs! Blooming Time: late August - Mid OctoberSize: clumps...

Excellent, long-blooming, compact aster for the native garden, rock garden or border front. It has stiff stalks, small narrow leaves (similar to flax), and purple-blue flowers with yellow centers (1” across). Plant in well-drained soils, as it...

Fall flowering aster, large basal leaves in the spring have groundcovering effect, that fades when the plants focus on blooming. Floriferous and mildew resistant. Great perennial for sunny or part shaded woodland-edge garden. 'Twilight' is selection of...

Ground covering aster with large basal leaves. Whitish flowers in the fall, spreads some into 2-3' wide clumps. Very adaptable to various soils (incl. clay or poor soils), excellent for difficult to identify sun/shade transition areas! Blooming Time:...

New England Asters are long-living perennials native to most states in the USA, except the arid and tropical areas. They are important nectar plants for monarchs migrating back to Mexico. They prefer a sunny spot and are adaptable to most soils; they are...

One of the best performing asters in the 2003-2009 Chicago Botanic Garden trials! Bright deep pink flowers, good flower coverage, manageable size, usually without flopping and opening. Excellent resistance to leaf spots (better than some new cultivars)...

Short, compact and dense aster with vibrant, hot pink flowers that bloom from summer to mid-fall. Dark green leaves. Vigorous cultivar, forms wider clumps.  Blooming time: August - September/OctoberSize: 18-20" tall x 24-30" wide clumpsUSDA zones: 4...

Aromatic aster 'Raydon's Favorite' is another superb cultivar of aromatic aster, in comparison with great 'October Skies', this one is a bit later blooming and a bit more robust. Excellent garden performer and highly attractive to many butterflies, all...

One of the breakthroughs in aster breeding : 'Thunderdome' combines deep purple flowers of New England Aster and bushy mounding habit and aromatic leaves of Aromatic Aster. Both parents are very tough and superior native asters, excellent plants for...

Adaptable native wildflower, important late source of nectar and pollen for native bees, various butterflies including Monarch butterflies and other insects. Seeds feed the birds. 3' tall x 1' wide upright and a bit leggy looking plants. Violet-blue...

Originally named Aster ptarmicoides, this plant was re-named to Solidago ptarmicoides in 1981 as a result of research by two botanists, Brouillet and Semple, who realized that this plant belongs to the goldenrod family. For more confusion, another...

Very late blooming Aster, usually the latest one. 1" lavender blue flowers in clusters, large coarse leaves with a reddish fall color. Vigorous, very drought tolerant, but can also become a thuggish plant. It spreads wide via rhizomes, so it is...

This is an early flowering aster that blooms in umbels of smaller, cream-white flowers with yellow centers. It starts flowering much earlier than other asters, and continues until September. It attracts a wide range of native pollinators. It's...

Upright native aster with late blooming, small light yellow flowers age to reddish-purple. Pollinator magnet, adatable to various soil and light conditions. Blooming Time: August - September/OctoberSize: around 3' high x 1-1.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to...

Tough, surprisingly beautiful, with very long flowering season, very forgiving plant that can be planted without fear of failure! Proven to grow well in European conditions, but also in many states throughout USA (from Vermont to South Georgia, from...