Stokes' Aster (Stokesia laevis) - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:	Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 10b
Plant Height:	12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread:	12 - 18 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen Semi-evergreen
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Blue Lavender White
Bloom Size:	1"-2"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer
Uses:	Groundcover Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Rabbit Resistant Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info

Common names

Stokes' Aster
Cornflower Aster
Stokes Aster

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-05-08
A newly released # Monarch enjoying the nectar of the emerging bl

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Location: Lilburn, GA
Date: 2022-09-09
Mature pods

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-07-16
By KYgal

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-10

Uploaded by LoriMT

Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-12-15

Uploaded by gardengus

Date: c. 1857
illustration [as Stokesia cyanea] by W. Fitch from 'Curtis's Bota

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-06-28

Uploaded by csandt

Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-08-01
Stokes Aster 003

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Location: Lilburn, GA
Date: 2022-09-09
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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Location: NC| June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-14

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Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-25

Uploaded by plantrob

Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2017-05-05
Seedlings from wintersowing.

Uploaded by molanic

Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: June 27, 2022
Stokes aster #48 nn; RAB page 1038, 179-23-1; LHB p. 1030, 194-1

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 20o8-7-5

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2004-07-04

Uploaded by jmorth

Photo by greene

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Location: Florissant, MO
Date: July 2010
Future Flower

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-07-20
Heart of flower

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Date: 2018-06-27

Uploaded by Lucichar

Photo by greene

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Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Date: 2014-04-22
Stoke's Aster from North Charleston plant swap

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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-09-26

Uploaded by HamiltonSquare

Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-04

Uploaded by csandt

Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-10

Uploaded by LoriMT

Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-03

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-24

Uploaded by Deby

Photo by purpleinopp

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: May 23, 2022
Stokes aster #48 nn; RAB page 1038, 179-23-1; LHB p. 1030, 194-1

Uploaded by WebTucker

Photo by greene

Uploaded by greene

Location: 5b
Date: 2017-10-24
Ugly Duckling-future lavender swan

Uploaded by Samlav

Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2010-06-26

Uploaded by gardengus

Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-06-23

Uploaded by HamiltonSquare

Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2016-07-27
Stokeshia

Uploaded by Deebie

Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.

Uploaded by Lalambchop1

Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-06-28

Uploaded by csandt

Credit florum

Uploaded by admin

Location: North Carolina Botanical Gardens Chapel Hill, NC
Date: late June 2014

Uploaded by bxncbx

Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-11-20

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-05-29

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Photo by KyWoods

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-07-20

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-08-27

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Date: 2011

Uploaded by robertduval14

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Comments:

Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2014 7:05 PM concerning plant:

According to NPIN, Stokesia laevis has special value to native bees.

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