China Aster Flower

Bring your border to colorful life. Sturdy plants bloom in early summer—produce vase upon gorgeous vase of cut flowers. Can-you-believe-your-eyes blooms are purple petals enthusiastically splashed with white.

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Easy to harvest due to the well-branched plant's open airy habit.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. 14,000 seeds/oz. Direct seed - After last frost.

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova)...

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova)...

This aster provides a striking mix of colors: white, pink, purple and shades in between. Start indoors and transplant when they're about 3" tall. Attracts butterflies.

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova)...

Each plant has 8-10 long, strong, upright stems topped by giant, fully double frilly flowers 5" across in a blend of blue, cerise, rose-pink and white asters. Space 12-18" apart.

Direct seed - After last frost. Each plant bears dozens of flowers. Semidouble 1–1 1/2" blooms in red, rose, deep rose, scarlet, blue, white, and blue-tipped and rose-tipped whites.

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova)...

Provide support. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. 2–3" with 13–20 stems per plant. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova)...

Make sure each piece has plenty of healthy root and stems. The plant will just be leaving its winter dormancy and new shoots form but no buds will be evident yet. Plants should grow just as the parent did, and will need to be fed in early spring with...

Plus, if you grow from seed, you can choose from endless varieties instead of just whatever is available at the garden center. For example, thefreestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });The best time for outdoor...

Some other common aster pests are:A good way to avoid insects is to keep the leaves of the asters dry, and to plant them with good spacing, also taking care to clear weeds and debris – bugs tend to thrive in moist, overgrown areas.

Are fall-blooming plants with daisy-like flowers in shades ranging from blue to pink to white. The mature seed head looks like a light-brown or white puffball, something like a dandelion seedhead, and each seed has its own tiny “parachute” to catch...

With the same late-blooming schedule and similar growing conditions,and asters are natural companions. A little greenery also makes for great aster companion plants.come in a wide variety of shades of green and yellow, heights, widths, and other characteristics.

This is because there are over 200 cultivars currently available in the garden trade. Read on to learn all about getting your asters back on track, and how to deal with an aster with no flowers.A blooming aster is a welcome sight.

Pinch plants early in the season to get a lower growing and bushier plant or choose a dwarf variety like ‘Red Star' (1 to 1 ½ feet with deep rosy flowers) or the aptly named ‘Purple Dome.'New England aster flowers may also self seed in optimal conditions.

Learning how to grow aster is easy and rewarding when the star shaped flowers bloom in the landscape.Aster flowers may reach 3 to 4 feet or can be compact and mounding as with the Alpine type.

New England asters form larger, bushier plants than their counterpart. New York asters are also known as Michaelmas daisy and bloom in fall while New England asters are known to bloom earlier in mid to late summer.New York asters come in cooler colors...

This product nets mixed results and may require repeat applications.Most asters are well-behaved, but if you're concerned about planting an aster thug, check with your. Plant this wild woodland aster where it has plenty of room to spread.Another wild...

If you can't get the infection under control by managing the environment, you can try treating the affected plants with chemicals.to get the right kind of fungicide for powdery mildew.

Early, single Asters that open uniformly. Made for greenhouse growth and offer masses of 3″ inch blooms.

A great mix of colorful flower heads. Soft pink, white, rose, red, blue purple, and violet blooms are produced in abundance on tall stems. Double and semi-double.

These perennials provide fall color after the blooms of summer are already gone. These daisies are great for beds, but can also be used in natural, wildflower plantings, in containers, and can be grown for cut flowers.freestar.queue.push(function() {...

What is Sky Blue aster? If you don't have a nursery in your area, there are several providers online. This sun-loving wildflower grows primarily in prairies and meadows.Like all wildflowers, the best way to get started when growing a Sky Blue aster is...

Portions of the flower were also used to treat venereal diseases.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Eating aster plants is no longer a common practice, but it does have its place among indigenous people.