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.
Introduced in 1960 by the legendary South Dakota-born cattle rancher and plantsman Claude Barr, this hard-working native plains Aster may be small on stature but is big on bloom. Densely-arranged low-spreading gray-green leaves weave a vigorous sturdy base that puts on a mighty fine fall showing of sweet sugary pink daisies with burnt orange centers. Withstanding drought, some afternoon shade and a wide range of soil, including clay, ‘Dream of Beauty’s remarkable floral output and tailored compact habit can be staged atop a garden wall or along a pathway.
Blooms September–October
Size: 12" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Aster asperulus
- Aster ‘Bills Big Blue’
- Aster ‘Blue Autumn’
- Aster ‘Bridal Veil’
- Aster ‘Cassie’
- Aster ‘Coombe Fishacre’
- Aster cordifolius
- Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’
- Aster cordifolius ‘Chieftain’
- Aster cordifolius ‘Little Carlow’
- Aster divaricatus
- Aster divaricatus ‘Beth Chatto’
- Aster ericoides hyb. ‘Ringdove’
- Aster ericoides ‘Golden Spray’
- Aster ericoides ‘Monte Cassino’
- Aster ericoides ‘Snow Flurry’
- Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
- Aster x frikartii ‘Wunder von Stäfa’
- Aster laevis ‘Bluebird’
- Aster laevis ‘Climax’
- Aster lateriflorus ‘Bleke Bet’
- Aster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’
- Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis ‘Prince’
- Aster lateriflorus ‘White Lovely’
- Aster macrophyllus ‘Albus’
- Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’
- Aster novae-angliae ‘Harringtons Pink’
- Aster novae-angliae ‘Nachtauge’
- Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’
- Aster novae-angliae ‘Violetta’
- Aster novi-belgii ‘Blue Danube’
- Aster novi-belgii ‘Fellowship’
- Aster novi-belgii ‘Schneekissen’
- Aster novi-belgii ‘White Climax’
- Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’
- Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’
- Aster ‘Ochtendgloren’
- Aster oolentangiense
- Aster ‘Orpheus’
- Aster pyrenaeus ‘Lutetia’
- Aster tataricus ‘Jindai’
- Aster tongolensis ‘Napsbury’
- Aster turbinellus
- Aster umbellatus
- Aster novi-belgii ‘White Swan’
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