Heart-leaved, or Blue Wood, Aster makes a lovely addition to any garden and will do best in dappled sun or part shade, although it tolerates almost full shade.
By late summer flowers cover this plant attracting all manner of pollinators. Blue Wood also is a larval host to the stunning Pearl Crescent butterfly and of special value to several native bee species.
Options: Pinch back stems in spring for a shorter, bushier plant; prune after flowering to reduce self-seeding.
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)
SKU: SC01-SS
$10.00Price
$10.00 per 1 Quart
- Also called: Heart-leaved Aster
- Pollinator value: Very High
- Height: Up to 3 feet
- Spread: 2 feet; 18-24-inch spacing
- Light: Part sun (best); tolerates full sun to shade
- Soil: Moist, well drained
- Bloom: pinkish-purple, fall (deadhead to avoid seeding)
- Leaf: Deciduous, heart shaped
- Landscape: Slope, native and pollinator gardens
- Resistance: Deer
- More information and native range here