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Aster Plants

Aster (syn. Diplopappus Cass.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus once contained nearly 600 species in Eurasia and North America, but after morphologic and molecular research on the genus during the 1990s, it was decided that the North American species are better treated in a series of other genera. After this split there are roughly 180 species within the genus, all but one being confined to Eurasia.

Aster 'Monch' 

Zones 5-9

Rated one of the top perennials of all time for color, flower power, and easy care. If you ever see a more attractive, longer-blooming Aster than Monch, buy it at once! Garden experts agree that it is one of the all-time great performers, sending up gorgeous flowers over an astoundingly long season. And such flowers, Perfect blue daisies, 1 1/2 inches across and packed with skinny petals around a handsome chartreuse eye, they complement all the pinks, reds, and whites of the garden, and last a long time on the plant or in the vase.

Beginning in midsummer and continuing until hard frost, this modest little 2-foot plant is dotted with cheerful blooms. Asking only full sun and well-drained soil, it needs no special treatment, though if you pinch it back in the spring and once more about a month later, you'll get even more flowers. Like all hardy Asters, Monch is long-lived and essentially trouble-free - the only difference being its bloom season, which is almost TWICE that of its cousins Blue flowers are always welcome in the garden and in arrangements, and there is no easier nor more plentiful source than Monch. I firmly believe that this plant belongs in any garden with 2 feet of sunshine to spare.

And once you begin enjoying the blooms, you'll agree.Space the plants 15 to 18 inches apart. To keep the flowering super-profuse, divide the plants every 3 to 4 years.

Aster 'Wonder of Staffa' 

Zones 5-9

Nonstop Lavender-Blue Blooms for Months one of the finest plants introduced in the past 50 years. Blooms from early summer till frost. You will wonder how you ever got along without this long-blooming, easy-care plant. Blue flowers are always welcome in the garden and this Aster will give you more radiant lavender-blue than you ever though possible.From early summer till fall frost, these many-branched plants bear masses of 2-inch blooms, each boasting a dense circlet of narrow petals surrounding a cheery greenish-yellow center. Superb for cutting, they are also unbelievably colorful in a mass garden display.

The plants reach just 18 to 20 inches high, so you need never worry about staking them. And if you want even more blooms, pinch the branches back in spring and again a month later. Long-lived and trouble-free, this perennial asks only full sun to part shade in ordinary, reasonable well-drained soil. Attracts butterflies too.

Aster Plants 

Bee on Purple Flower by Mr. T in DC

Bee on Purple Flower

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