General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
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
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Common names
  • Aromatic Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
  • Synonym: Aster oblongifolius

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-09-13
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-09-13
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-07
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-07
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2011-09-25
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