This great plant actually volunteered in my backyard last year, but after giving it insufficient time to reveal itself (it blooms late an...Read Mored has a tall upright, wiry aspect) I gave up on it and pulled it up. This year, however, I was more patient, and WOW!! was I ever rewarded! I looked out one day in October after the days began to finally cool off here in the Hill Country, and this thing was blooming like gangbusters. Only bloomed for about a month - but the blooms were crisp and white, and the bees went nuts. Great in the back area of my wildflower garden, since it is tall (4'), and it's doing well in spite of being murdered last year and in spite of the alkaline soil here. Apparently it does not require acidic soil. Great plant. And tough.
My friend gave me this plant on the verge of death 2 weeks ago. I added some compost and BOOM! Flowers all over!! The bees love it very, ...Read Morevery much.
Odour is a bit hmmm, different. Not very pleasant but not unpleasant either.
Josephine, Arlington, TX (Zone 8a) | December 2006 | positive
Heath Aster, Squarrose White Aster, Tufted White Prairie Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides is native to Texas and other States.
It is...Read More a beautiful and hardy plant, that puts on a lovely show in the Fall.
I live in the Klamath basin in Oregon. This plant has attractive foliage but does not bloom for very long i the late summer. It isn't a...Read Moret all floppy but stays upright like grasses such as Blue Avena grass.
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | August 2001 | neutral
Heath aster is a Missouri native plant that typically occurs in open rocky woods, prairies and along roads and railroads. A bushy, somewh...Read Moreat compact plant with many-branched stems which typically grows 1' to 3' tall. Small, daisy-like flowers (1/2 inch across) are borne in profusion in spreading, often one-sided, dense sprays (racemes) in late summer to early fall. Ray flowers are usually white, but infrequently blue or pink and center disks are yellow. Distinctive leaves (to 3" long) are narrow (1/4" wide), rigid, linear and heath-like (hence the common name). Good cut flower. Attractive to butterflies.
This great plant actually volunteered in my backyard last year, but after giving it insufficient time to reveal itself (it blooms late an...Read More
My friend gave me this plant on the verge of death 2 weeks ago. I added some compost and BOOM! Flowers all over!! The bees love it very, ...Read More
Heath Aster, Squarrose White Aster, Tufted White Prairie Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides is native to Texas and other States.
It is...Read More
I live in the Klamath basin in Oregon. This plant has attractive foliage but does not bloom for very long i the late summer. It isn't a...Read More
Heath aster is a Missouri native plant that typically occurs in open rocky woods, prairies and along roads and railroads. A bushy, somewh...Read More