Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Blue, Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red, Violet, White

 

Flower Season

Winter

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Mediterranean, Ranch, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter

 

Location Uses

Entry, Perennial Border, Foundation, Patio, Walkways

 

Special Uses

Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Alpine asters are spring blooming asters with large, daisy-like flowers in an array of colors, including pinks, purples, blues, reds, and whites. They are smaller than their summer and fall blooming kin, usually only about 6 or so inches tall and maybe 8 to 12 inches across. Tuck them at the edges of a walkway or path, so that you can look down at their cheery faces as you go by. Also nice along the edges of borders. For a spring bloomer, it has nice summer foliage, with its basal rosette of longish, strappy green leaves.

Grow in well drained soils in full sun to a little shade. They are adaptive to soil types, but it must be well drained; soggy or wet soils will be their end. Snip off spent flowers after blooming, and remove old foliage in the late winter to early spring, before new foliage emerges.