Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’
Aster cordifolius 'Avondale' is an arching aster for shade that will produce clouds of lavender-blue flowers that billow throughout your ferns and hostas.
Description:
Aster cordifolius 'Avondale' is an eastern North American native wood aster that is a prolific bloomer carpeting the shade garden with light blue in early fall when little else blooms and the hostas are in decline. The small light blue to lavender blue flowers are produced in abundance creating a beautiful and long-lasting filler in the garden or in autumn flower arrangements!
Common Name: Wood Aster
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Deciduous woods and roadsides.
Award: GPP
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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