General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division

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Common names
  • Smooth Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum laeve
  • Synonym: Aster laevis

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Location: Coastal WA 9A
Date: 2023-10-03
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-07-03
Location: Southern Maine
Date: Oct.13, 2021
Of all my asters, this one attracts the most pollinators!
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2021-10-13
Mount Cuba Center introduction.  Their top aster for pollinators
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2017-10-06
 Very reliable. Powder blue. Late bloom is very popular with bees
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-10-02
Location: My Cincinnati, Ohio garden
Date: October 2011
Attracts butterflies
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-10-27
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-06-10
Location: Zone 6, Cincinnati, Oh
Date: October 4, 2011
Aster Bluebird
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-09-26
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-09-19

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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