Blue Wood Aster 'Avondale'
Family: Asteraceae (Aster
Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 3-8
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Height: 2-3 feet
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Spread: 18-24 inches
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Bloom Time: late summer to early fall
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Bloom: masses of light blue daisies with dark yellow centers
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Light: full sun to full shade
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Soil: well-drained, average; clay
tolerant
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Moisture: average; drought-tolerant once
established; intolerant of consistent wetness
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Use: naturalizing, mass planting in
beds or borders, groundcover, erosion control, understory plant, cut flower
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Care: low maintenance
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems
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Native to: cultivar of a species native to
eastern and midwestern North America
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Notes: Avondale' is a more compact,
deeper colored selection of the common Blue Wood Aster; more upright habit and
better flowering in locations receiving at least 3 hours of direct sunlight;
spreads by self-seeding and underground rhizomes; host food for larvae of
several butterfly species; flowers provide important late season nectar for
wasps, bees and butterflies; leaves provide browse for wild animal species
including wild turkey and ruffled grouse; deer resilient
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Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Naturalistic Garden H164
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