General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
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
  • Calico Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum
  • Synonym: Aster

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-10-10
Location: Brighton Plants nursery, Sussex, England
Date: 10/01/2014
photo by Steve Law via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pega
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 13th October 2008
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10

photo credit: Jamain
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
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