General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Blue Wood Aster
  • Blue Heart-leaved Aster
  • Starwort
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum cordifolium
  • Synonym: Aster cordifolius

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 28th September 2008
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 25th September 2008
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 7th October 2008
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 8th October 2008
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