Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape

Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols'

Purple Parasols 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.

Purple Parasols Aster is a compact evergreen native perennial with smooth unbranched foliage that forms a basal rosette and color-shifting flowers.  The small frilled flowers open light blue and slowly deepen to purple, to reddish purple, to finally hot pink and bloom from midsummer into fall.  Grows best with full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils.  Good drought and heat tolerance.  

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Southeast N. America, GA Native

Height: 

1' - 1.5'

Spread: 

1’ - 1.5'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 8

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

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:  Photo by David J. Stang, Stokesia laevis Purple Parasols 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' ~ Purple Parasols Aster-ServeScape

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