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Aster laevis "Bluebird"
Bluebird Aster
Perennial - Blooms Purple in Fall
Prefers Full Sun - Part Sun/Shade with Dry - Moist, Acidic - Neutral soil
Height: 3.0 - 4.0 ft, Spread: 2.0 - 3.0 ft
Deer Sometimes Eat
Often used as a cut flower. Caterpillar host for Silvery Checkerspot, Pearl Crescent and 10 butterfly and moth species. Nectar source for butterflies and moths. Nectar source for bumblebees, cuckoo, little carpenter, leaf-cutting, sweat, plasterer and mining bees, wasps, flies, beetles and plant bugs.
This tall, vase-shaped wildflower has large 1" diameter blue flowers held in cloud-like clusters at the tips of the arching branches. You can pinch back the young shoots in June for denser habit and more flowers, but it is not essential. Staking is helpful by late summer if you forget to pinch. Perfectly clean foliage makes for easy maintenance in production and in the landscape. Aster laevis is a great source of nectar for migrating monarchs and other late season butterflies. Ranked #1 in Mt. Cuba Center's aster evaluations.
This tall, vase-shaped wildflower has large 1" diameter blue flowers held in cloud-like clusters at the tips of the arching branches. You can pinch back the young shoots in June for denser habit and more flowers, but it is not essential. Staking is helpful by late summer if you forget to pinch. Perfectly clean foliage makes for easy maintenance in production and in the landscape. Aster laevis is a great source of nectar for migrating monarchs and other late season butterflies. Ranked #1 in Mt. Cuba Center's aster evaluations.