Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’ at Digging Dog Nursery

Blue wood Aster

Aster

Michaelmas Daisies

We never tire of Aster’s cheerful daisy faces and the profusion of colors and sizes that make up this genus, from 6 ft. giants to tiny dwarf alpines. Our Asters, large and small, are tried and true performers in ordinary garden soil and full sun. Generally late summer bloomers, they provide lots of oomph when many perennials have petered out.

Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’

Blue wood Aster

Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’ (P-1746)

Each 10.75

Indigenous to the southern reaches of the Appalachian Mountains, this hearty selection greets fall with a jovial long-lasting barrage of small, yellow-eyed pale lavender-blue daisies atop tidy slender green foliage. Acquiescent to varied light, it exhibits an upright open habit in sunny spots and becomes more relaxed and arching in darker recesses. Ignored by deer, but coveted by butterflies, floral arrangers and gardeners, floriferous ‘Avondale’ endures dry shade once established, favors well-drained soil and can be planted en masse along woodland fringes, meandering amid Geranium ‘White Ness’.

Blooms mid-August–early October

Size: 20" – 2-1/2' high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.

Zone 3/4.

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