Description
New to our catalogue for 2025
Autumn Aster, this is a great addition to the border bringing abundance of Purple, Red and scarlet flowers late into Autumn.
Flowering: Autumn
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 160cm
Spread: 60cm
Further information:
This is a beautiful worthwhile autumn flowering plant with tall sprays of blue flowers. When they have finished cut the stems back down to the ground. Soon after new shoots will appear which is normal.
Common Name: New England Aster / last rose of summer
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Foliage: linear
Basic Colour: ( red / purple )
Flower Colour: red / scarlet / purple
Natural Flowering: September – October
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 160cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / well-drained
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / meadow
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies
Pruning: Cut back in winter/spring
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: USA
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