Botanical Name: Aster dumosus
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Common Name: Bushy Aster  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Blue

 

Flower Season

Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

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Bushy aster is a rather course, open aster growing between 2 to 3 feet high and wide, with an upright to floppy habit. It has small soft violet-blue to white flowers with yellow eyes, that blooms August until October. Given all the fancy hybrid asters, it might seem this one is a little out of place, but it is rugged and tough, and quite well suited to a more naturally-styled landscape or woodland setting. It will spread with the very slightest of encouragement.