General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Heath Aster
  • Squarrose White Aster
  • Tufted White Prairie Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • Synonym: Aster ericoides

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-10-27
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 13th October 2008
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 13th October 2008

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