Symphyotrichium laeve, Smooth Aster, Quart pot
Symphyotrichium laeve, Smooth Aster
FS-PS, Zone 3, blooms August-September, 4’ x 1.5-2’. medium wet to medium dry
Symphyotrichum laeve, commonly called smooth aster, is a Michigan native that typically occurs in prairies, rocky glades, dry open woods, roadside banks and thickets. Smooth Aster grows by fibrous roots that allow the plant to spread slowly. It is a long-lived perennial with blue-green foliage and sometimes the stems are bluish as well. The tough stem allows Smooth Aster to stand tall during its long late summer to mid fall bloom. Called Smooth Aster, because the leaves are indeed smooth to the touch unlike most asters which are usually rough.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees that rely on the pollen asters produce.
Attracts a wide variety of butterflies, native bees, honey bees, flies, bee flies, soldier beetles and the seeds are often eaten by birds.Asters host caterpillars of the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly, Pearl Crescent Butterfly and several species of moths.
Symphyotrichium laeve, Smooth Aster
FS-PS, Zone 3, blooms August-September, 4’ x 1.5-2’. medium wet to medium dry
Symphyotrichum laeve, commonly called smooth aster, is a Michigan native that typically occurs in prairies, rocky glades, dry open woods, roadside banks and thickets. Smooth Aster grows by fibrous roots that allow the plant to spread slowly. It is a long-lived perennial with blue-green foliage and sometimes the stems are bluish as well. The tough stem allows Smooth Aster to stand tall during its long late summer to mid fall bloom. Called Smooth Aster, because the leaves are indeed smooth to the touch unlike most asters which are usually rough.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees that rely on the pollen asters produce.
Attracts a wide variety of butterflies, native bees, honey bees, flies, bee flies, soldier beetles and the seeds are often eaten by birds.Asters host caterpillars of the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly, Pearl Crescent Butterfly and several species of moths.
Symphyotrichium laeve, Smooth Aster
FS-PS, Zone 3, blooms August-September, 4’ x 1.5-2’. medium wet to medium dry
Symphyotrichum laeve, commonly called smooth aster, is a Michigan native that typically occurs in prairies, rocky glades, dry open woods, roadside banks and thickets. Smooth Aster grows by fibrous roots that allow the plant to spread slowly. It is a long-lived perennial with blue-green foliage and sometimes the stems are bluish as well. The tough stem allows Smooth Aster to stand tall during its long late summer to mid fall bloom. Called Smooth Aster, because the leaves are indeed smooth to the touch unlike most asters which are usually rough.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees that rely on the pollen asters produce.
Attracts a wide variety of butterflies, native bees, honey bees, flies, bee flies, soldier beetles and the seeds are often eaten by birds.Asters host caterpillars of the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly, Pearl Crescent Butterfly and several species of moths.