General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 - 48 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Water gardens
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
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • New England Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
  • Synonym: Aster novae-angliae
Also sold as:
  • Alma Potschke

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-09-24
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2020-09-24
#pollination
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-09-21
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2017-10-26
 4:07 pm. This plant glows in the Fall!
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-09-24
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-10-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-10-20
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2015-09-24
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2014-10-09
 4:27 pm. A late bloomer, but always worth waiting for.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2015-10-16
12:12 pm. A mesmerizing beauty.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2016-10-03
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-10-10
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-27
Location: My Yard
Date: 2018-09-13
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2020-09-24
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2014-10-04
 4:47 pm. Nestles in comfortably at the feet of Physocarpus Diabo
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-09-26
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-10-05
This has been a delightful eye-catching aster that the bees love,
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Digigalos
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-21
Location: Odonals Nursery, Gorham, Maine
Date: 2017-10-18
Loved by bees!
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Digigalos
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2016-10-06

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

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

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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lovesblooms On April 20, 2015 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 11, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
carpathiangirl On June 20, 2020 Obtained plant
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