General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Aromatic Aster
  • Oblong-Leaved Aster
  • Aster
  • Wild Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
  • Synonym: Aster oblongifolius

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2008-9-17
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
Asters spilling over the gate.
Location: My yard
Date: Fall 2010
These blooms are show stoppers.
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2011-10-27

Date: 2012-05-17
Location: My yard
Date: Fall 2010
This plant is very showy.
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-09-23
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-10-18
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
New growth of Purple Aster in Spring.
Location: My garden
Location: SW Michigan
Date: 2014-10-21
Location: SW Michigan
Date: 2014-10-21
Looks nice beside this mum. I trim it to shape like I do mums, so
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: October 16, 2012
Aromatic Aster in bloom

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-11-19
This was recently transplanted. Hopefully next year I'll see a ni
Location: Plano, TX
Location: SW Michigan
Date: 2014-10-21

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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US Fish and Wildlife Service photo
Location: north central Texas
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-02-28
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-03-05
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2012-04-24
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Comments:
  • Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 2, 2014 7:48 PM concerning plant:
    According to NPIN, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium has special value to native bees and supports conservation biological control by attracting beneficial insects to the garden.
  • Posted by TexasPlumeria87 (Plano, TX - Zone 8a) on Mar 10, 2017 12:51 PM concerning plant:
    A stunning plant when it's in full bloom, and attracts tons of bees and butterflies. I just wish it bloomed for a longer amount of time. I have two and I was amazed at how large they got in one season. It's very heat and drought tolerant, and when most plants were wilting in the Summer heat, it didn't seem bothered by it.
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On October 1, 2021 Bloomed
From seeds;
piksihk On March 26, 2018 Seeds sown
Pot
dnrevel On February 5, 2020 Seeds sown
Grew well as Winter Sown in 2020. Transplanted, needed protection from rabbits.
pinetastic On July 8, 2023 Obtained plant
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