Botanical Name: Aster alpinus
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Common Name: Alpine Aster  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

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

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

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.