| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Plant Height: | 24-36 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12-18 inches |
| Fruit: | Other: Rough textured, glandular purple mottled cypsela, aging to gray. |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue Lavender Mauve Pink Purple Red White Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | 3"-4" 4"-5" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Uses: | Cut Flower |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Needs specific temperature: Germinates best at 68-72 deg F Days to germinate: 10-20 days Depth to plant seed: barely cover Suitable for wintersowing Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info: Susceptible to aster wilt; do not plant where asters have been grown the previous year. |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| paleohunter | On June 12, 2022 | Potted up |
