Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster - Delivered By ServeScape
Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster-ServeScape
Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster-ServeScape
Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster - Delivered By ServeScape
Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster-ServeScape
Aster laevis ~ Smooth Aster-ServeScape

Aster laevis

Smooth Aster

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Smooth Aster is a native evergreen perennial with unbranched smooth blue-green foliage that forms a basal rosette.  Small loose blue to purple flowers with yellow centers bloom in panical like clusters in fall.  Grows best with full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils.  Good drought and heat tolerance.  Also known as Symphyotrichum laeve.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

East and Central N. America, GA Native

Height: 

2' - 4'

Spread: 

1’ - 2'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 8

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Blue/Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Watch for caterpillars.  May need staking.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Salvia, Dianthus, Phlox

IMAGES: Heike Löchel, Aster (Blume), CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve Bluebird 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve Bluebird 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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