General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
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

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Common names
  • Bushy Aster
  • Rice Button Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum dumosum
  • Synonym: Aster dumosus

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-09-24
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-10-19
 1:31 pm. A bright pink face.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2015-10-05
 6:15 pm. A clean and crisp blossom form - and a long lasting blo
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-10-16
 1:12 pm. Blooms cover the entire bush.
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-27
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2013-09-23

Date: 2017-10-02

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2016-08-21
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
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