General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Violet ray flowers with yellow center disk.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP: 16678 Can. Can.: 2515

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Jim Crockett
Cultivar name: 'Masbolimket'
Common names
  • False Chamomile
  • Bolton's Aster
  • False Aster
  • Thousand Flower

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Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI
Date: 2017-08-23
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI
Date: 2017-08-23
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI
Date: 2017-08-23
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI
Date: 2017-08-23
Location: Front garden
Date: July
Location: My front yard
Date: 2013-08-25
This is a blooming machine!

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

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI
Date: 2017-08-23
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Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on Apr 27, 2022 7:27 AM concerning plant:
    From the University of Massachusetts comes a new variety to honor Jim Crockett, the past host of the Victory Garden television show. Horticulture professor Thomas Boyle, who introduced the plant Alternanthera 'Purple Knight', has bred this new boltonia to have 1- to 3-inch-diameter, mauve-violet flowers with yellow centers, and blue-green foliage on 20-inch-tall plants. 'Jim Crockett' boltonia also withstands powdery mildew disease. Boltonia asteriodes 'Jim Crockett' blooms in late summer, making it an excellent companion to other late-season bloomers, such as asters, sedums, and goldenrod.

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