General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 11
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| Plant Height: |
36 - 48 inches |
| Plant Spread: |
24 - 36 inches |
| Leaves: |
Semi-evergreen
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
Lavender
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| Bloom Size: |
Under 1"
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| Flower Time: |
Late winter or early spring
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Butterflies
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| Resistances: |
Humidity tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
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Posted by
plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Feb 16, 2013 11:02 AM concerning plant:
Elliott Aster is a perennial native wildflower throughout Florida that prefers moist soil. If kept well watered it makes a nice landscape plant for the home garden, flowering into early winter here in Florida. Growing to 6 feet tall, this plant has multi-branched stems and lance shaped leaves up to 8 inches long. Leaves near the base of the plant are longer and wider than those of the upper branches. The daisy-like flowers are small, approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide and pinkish to lavender in color with a yellow center disk.
Elliott Aster is a very showy, late season bloomer found along wet roadsides, ditches, wetlands and swamps, where it forms dense patches. A robust and vigorous grower, it spreads by underground rhizomes.
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