Ezo Murasaki Asian Aster (Aster Ageratoides) – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Herbaceous Perennial 

Flower Color:  Violet-Blue

Flower Size: 2-2.5″

Flowering Period:  Late Summer to Frost

Flower Type:  Daisy

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

Loads of stunning violet-blue flowers with greenish-gold centers ensure he fall season ends with a bang! The Ezo Murasaki Asian Aster, also called Japanese Woods Aster, is a very late season bloomer that puts on a floral show in the garden from August to November in our Georgia gardens, blooming even after the first frost. The flowers aren’t only pretty, they also attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting and use in indoor floral arrangements. It spreads from underground rhizomes so is a great choice for filling larger spots in garden beds.

Growing 18 to 24 inches tall and spreading to 3 feet or more, the Ezo Murasaki Aster is ideal for use as a filler plant in sunny perennial gardens and landscape woodland borders, and also in large mixed container gardens. It is breathtaking in groupings or mass plantings. A fine addition to butterfly, cut flower, cottage and purple theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  24 to 30″ for mass plantings 

The Ezo Murasaki Aster is very easy to grow in most any well-drained but moist soil in full sun or part shade. It is most floriferous in full t mostly sun. Provide at least 5 hours of direct sun for best flowering. As with many other perennial plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic. Heavy, dense clay soils should be amended with organic matter to improve drainage.