General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Heath Aster
  • Aster

Photo Gallery
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
Another view of the millions of tiny flowers covering the plant.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
The entire plant is covered with tiny blooms looking like snow.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
Close up of the flowers.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Heath Aster coming up in Spring.

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