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

Common names
  • Aster
  • Aromatic Aster
  • Fall Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
  • Synonym: Aster oblongifolius

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