Symphyotrichum cordifolium

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Blue Wood Aster,
Heartleaf Aster

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 1-4ft tall

  • Blue flowers with yellow centers that, once pollinated, turn purple; blooms late summer to fall

  • Incredible late season pollen and nectar source for pollinators including bumblebees, sweat bees, miner bees, butterflies, skippers, and moths

  • Attracts insects beneficial to biological pest control such as leaf beetles, solitary wasps, and predatory stink bugs

  • Birds (goldfinches, chickadees, juncos, etc.) and small mammals feed on its seed in fall and winter

  • Forms small colonies via rhizomes and spreads readily by seed

Size:

Blue Wood Aster,
Heartleaf Aster

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 1-4ft tall

  • Blue flowers with yellow centers that, once pollinated, turn purple; blooms late summer to fall

  • Incredible late season pollen and nectar source for pollinators including bumblebees, sweat bees, miner bees, butterflies, skippers, and moths

  • Attracts insects beneficial to biological pest control such as leaf beetles, solitary wasps, and predatory stink bugs

  • Birds (goldfinches, chickadees, juncos, etc.) and small mammals feed on its seed in fall and winter

  • Forms small colonies via rhizomes and spreads readily by seed

Details

  • Blue, Purple; rarely White

  • Late Summer to Fall

  • 1-4ft

  • Medium

  • Partial, Shade

  • Pearl Crescent

  • Not Classified

  • 60 days of cold stratification