Unassuming and yet awesome little perennial in my 6b garden. Starting blooming early-midsummer, took a brief breather during the hottest ...Read Moredays of July, then took off again until mid-September. Absolutely covered in flowers. Habit is tidy. Pale blue color works well with most any companions. I will be looking for more of these plants to include throughout the garden, and have gathered seed to try propagating. One of the long-blooming stars of the garden.
I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - Zone 5.
I bought this plant about 5 years ago.
My soil is mostly clay.
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I don't have the tag for the plant anymore - but I'm pretty sure the plant was called Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star' and it's common name was Japanese False Aster.
It is one of the best plants in my garden.
It's super low maintenance.
It hasn't needed dividing yet, but it has gotten a little fuller/bigger over the years.
It doesn't self seed.
It comes up reliably every year and forms a nice bushy clump with leaves from top to bottom (not leggy).
It blooms from June to Sept - all summer long, no deadheading required. Pretty amazing! It's still blooming now and it's Sept 10.
Small aster-like flowers with periwinkle blue/lilac petals and a yellow centre.
Reminds me a bit of Jim Crockett's boltonia (that I saw at a nursery once), but I think Kalimeris' flowers are a little nicer/fuller and I also think Kalimeris has fuller foliage than Jim Crockett's boltonia.
My plant is about 24-30" tall and about 24" wide.
I can't seem to find Kalimeris at any nurseries around here anymore - which is a real shame.
A lot of our small independent nurseries in this area have closed in recent years and as a result there just isn't the interesting selection/variety of plants like before.
This is my new favorite plant. It has bloomed all summer long on discreet new growth, and is still going strong in late August in zone 6b...Read More. The foliage is pretty and holds its flowers similar to the effect from Zagreb or Moonbeam Coreopsis. The flowers differ from Coreopsis, though, in that Kalimeris's resemble miniature daisies. The soft lavender- blue color complements so many other plants.
Updated April 2013 to say these plants returned to my garden beautifully! I'm looking forward to another season of this lovely aster.
Unassuming and yet awesome little perennial in my 6b garden. Starting blooming early-midsummer, took a brief breather during the hottest ...Read More
I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - Zone 5.
I bought this plant about 5 years ago.
My soil is mostly clay.
...Read More
This is my new favorite plant. It has bloomed all summer long on discreet new growth, and is still going strong in late August in zone 6b...Read More