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Symphyotrichum laeve - Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve - Smooth Blue Aster
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Sizes available: Landscape plug, 6.00 each or 10 for 48.00, mix and match okay
Basics: zones 3-8, 24-36" x 18", full to part sun (maybe high, light shade), clusters of small, charming daisy-like purple blooms with yellow centers over glaucous foliage in mid summer to early fall. Likes a sunny, well-drained position, but is quite adaptable to both medium moisture and dry soils.
Common names: Smooth Blue Aster
Family: Asteraceae
Origin/Distribution: Found in central and eastern portions of North America. These plants were grown from seed collected in New England. Smooth Blue Aster is native to Maine.
Habitat: rocky glades, dry open or lightly shaded woodlands, prairies, roadsides, drier thickets
More: This is a very pretty, non-aggressive aster that won't take over the place, so it's a welcome participant in your sunny pollinator border offering late summer nectar and a long bloom time. It is adaptable and easy-going and I think it will be lovely in a bouquet if I can bear to cut it. Will self-sow if happy. Has been used medicinally.
Source: Van Berkum Nursery, grown from seed collected in New England
Image credits: Close up of flower by Frank Mayfield via Creative Commons through the North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
