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Plant Names
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Sky Blue Aster
Aster azuré
Synonyms
azure aster
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Bleu
Bloom Period: Sep - Oct
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Ecological Benefits:
Butterfly host
Keystone species
Butterfly host
Keystone species
Tolerates:
Tolerates salt conditions
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Tolerates salt conditions
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant causes skin rashes
This plant causes skin rashes
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Sky Blue Aster has branching stems and numerous daisy-like flowers in soft sky-blue to lavender-blue, each with a yellow centre. It blooms from late summer into fall, providing colour when many other wildflowers are finishing. It is an excellent choice for a dry meadow, prairie garden, sunny border, or woodland edge. It can become somewhat bushy and branching, giving it a natural rather than formal appearance. It can tolerate drought once established and does best in lean to average soil. You can divide established plants in the spring if they become overcrowded.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Bouclier boréal
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
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Cucullia convexipennis
Brown Hooded Owlet - Noctuelle Huppée de la Verge d'Or -
Eupithecia miserulata
American Common Pug -
Euplexia benesimilis
American Angle Shades -
Leuconycta diphteroides
Green Leuconycta -
Phyciodes cocyta
Northern Crescent - Croissant Nordique -
Trichordestra legitima
Striped Garden Caterpillar
Specialized Bees Supported by Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
- Andrena aliciae
- Andrena asteris
- Andrena canadensis
- Andrena chromotricha
- Andrena hirticincta
- Andrena nubecula
- Andrena placata
- Andrena simplex
- Complexe Colletes americanus
- Complexe Colletes compactus
- Complexe Colletes simulans
- Dianthidium simile
- Melissodes agilis
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes illatus
- Melissodes subillatus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Protandrena andrenoides
- Pseudopanurgus aestivalis
Complementary Plants
- Agastache foeniculum
Blue Giant-hyssop
Agastache fenouil - Andropogon gerardi
Big Bluestem
Barbon de Gérard - Heliopsis helianthoides
False Sunflower
Héliopsis faux-hélianthe - Solidago juncea
Early Goldenrod
Verge d'or jonciforme - Veronicastrum virginicum
Culver's Root
Véronique de Virginie
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Chrysanthemum (Mums)
- Rosa (Non-native Roses)
- Helianthus (Non-Native Sunflower)
- NA (Black Eyed Susan's Cultivars)
- Rudbeckia Triloba (Brown Eyed Susan's)
- Echinacea (Coneflowers)
- NA (Coreopsis cultivars)
- NA (Non-native False Sunflower)
- Symphiotrichum (Non-Native Aster)
- Melilotus albus (Sweet White Clover)
- Hesperis matronalis (Dame Rocket)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow anytime
- Stratification duration: 0 days
- Self-seeding
- Notes: Can be sown in late spring in warm soil.
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: September
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds have become fluffy and can be easily removed by shaking on gently pulling off from stem
- Harvesting:
- Secouer le porte-graines dans un sac de papier
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Inadequate information on toxicity found.