Aster Island 'Bahamas'
Aster Island 'Bahamas' offers deep hot pink flowers with bright yellow centres.
Description:
Aster 'Bahamas' comes to us from the Island series with great garden and pot performance. It is a prolific bloomer in the late summer garden when little else is in bloom. The bountiful blooms are medium-sized and semi-double with deep hot pink ray florets with bright yellow centres covering the rounded mounds to 24 inches high and 18 inches wide. Use as accents or mass plantings at the front of the border, or in mixed containers. Pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Wood Aster
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: From well-drained mountainous sites to moist woodlands.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - Central and South America
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