Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius) 3-pack of pots
Can’t be shipped.
Aromatic Aster is fantastic native plant for two reasons: it’s relatively short and it blooms extremely late in the fall, providing flowers when everything else has succumbed to frost. When it finally blooms, it creates a mound of light purplish blue flowers. It doesn’t spread as much by seed as the other asters, making it a more friendly garden plant. Aromatic Aster does spread by underground roots (rhizomes), so plant in between grasses that can keep it in check. The first season, It will have a few stems. The second season, it will be about a 2 ft wide clump. By the 4th or 5th year, it will spread to about 4 ft wide.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Moisture: Dry, Medium
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Sept, Oct, Nov
Color: Purplish Blue
Spacing: 18″
Spreads: 9” a year by roots
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators
Design Tips
Aromatic Aster spreads by underground rhizomes (roots) about 1 foot each a year, so to prevent it from spreading too much, plant grasses such as Prairie Dropseed or Little Bluestem in a circle around it–their roots will help keep it in check. You might not want to plant smaller natives close by, or Aromatic Aster might eventually spread over them.
Maintenance Tips
If you don’t want Aromatic Aster spreading as much, you can pull the shallow rhizomes out in the spring. Watch for new stems sticking out about a foot away from the main plant, and carefully pull them out or use a trowel to help dig them out. The rhizomes on Aromatic Aster are shallower than on most rhizomatous plants and they aren’t too hard to pull out.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Bradbury's Monarda
Prairie Coreopsis
Grey Goldenrod
Little Bluestem
Purple Poppy Mallow
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Can’t be shipped.
Aromatic Aster is fantastic native plant for two reasons: it’s relatively short and it blooms extremely late in the fall, providing flowers when everything else has succumbed to frost. When it finally blooms, it creates a mound of light purplish blue flowers. It doesn’t spread as much by seed as the other asters, making it a more friendly garden plant. Aromatic Aster does spread by underground roots (rhizomes), so plant in between grasses that can keep it in check. The first season, It will have a few stems. The second season, it will be about a 2 ft wide clump. By the 4th or 5th year, it will spread to about 4 ft wide.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Moisture: Dry, Medium
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Sept, Oct, Nov
Color: Purplish Blue
Spacing: 18″
Spreads: 9” a year by roots
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators
Design Tips
Aromatic Aster spreads by underground rhizomes (roots) about 1 foot each a year, so to prevent it from spreading too much, plant grasses such as Prairie Dropseed or Little Bluestem in a circle around it–their roots will help keep it in check. You might not want to plant smaller natives close by, or Aromatic Aster might eventually spread over them.
Maintenance Tips
If you don’t want Aromatic Aster spreading as much, you can pull the shallow rhizomes out in the spring. Watch for new stems sticking out about a foot away from the main plant, and carefully pull them out or use a trowel to help dig them out. The rhizomes on Aromatic Aster are shallower than on most rhizomatous plants and they aren’t too hard to pull out.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Bradbury's Monarda
Prairie Coreopsis
Grey Goldenrod
Little Bluestem
Purple Poppy Mallow
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Can’t be shipped.
Aromatic Aster is fantastic native plant for two reasons: it’s relatively short and it blooms extremely late in the fall, providing flowers when everything else has succumbed to frost. When it finally blooms, it creates a mound of light purplish blue flowers. It doesn’t spread as much by seed as the other asters, making it a more friendly garden plant. Aromatic Aster does spread by underground roots (rhizomes), so plant in between grasses that can keep it in check. The first season, It will have a few stems. The second season, it will be about a 2 ft wide clump. By the 4th or 5th year, it will spread to about 4 ft wide.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Moisture: Dry, Medium
Height: 2 feet
Blooms: Sept, Oct, Nov
Color: Purplish Blue
Spacing: 18″
Spreads: 9” a year by roots
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators
Design Tips
Aromatic Aster spreads by underground rhizomes (roots) about 1 foot each a year, so to prevent it from spreading too much, plant grasses such as Prairie Dropseed or Little Bluestem in a circle around it–their roots will help keep it in check. You might not want to plant smaller natives close by, or Aromatic Aster might eventually spread over them.
Maintenance Tips
If you don’t want Aromatic Aster spreading as much, you can pull the shallow rhizomes out in the spring. Watch for new stems sticking out about a foot away from the main plant, and carefully pull them out or use a trowel to help dig them out. The rhizomes on Aromatic Aster are shallower than on most rhizomatous plants and they aren’t too hard to pull out.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Bradbury's Monarda
Prairie Coreopsis
Grey Goldenrod
Little Bluestem
Purple Poppy Mallow
