General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum x salignum
  • Synonym: Aster x salignus

Photo Gallery
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2022-11-02
There is a subtle beauty in the aging of this variety of Aster.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-10-25
#Pollination - Late October and the Bees are still at work.
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-10-19
In the shade, the blossoms remain white longer.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-10-24
This tall, late Fall Aster, with smooth leaves, ages from white t
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-10-09
They bend over gracefully.

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