General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: 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 York Aster
  • Michaelmas Daisy
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
  • Synonym: Aster novi-belgii

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Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-07
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-02
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2009-09-02

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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