General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: September Ruby
Cultivar name: 'Septemberrubin'
Common names
  • New England Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
  • Synonym: Aster novae-angliae

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-07-24
 2:27 pm. Bloomed from July to November this year!
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2007-10-06
 4:30 pm. One of the earliest New England Asters to bloom. A very
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-10-19
 12:29 pm. October, and this stalk proudly shows its fall colours

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
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lovesblooms On March 26, 2020 Seeds germinated
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