Frost Aster
Family: Asteraceae (Aster
Family)
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Height: 1-2 feet
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Spread: 1-5 feet
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Bloom Time: August to
October
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Bloom: medium size heads, white rays
with a yellow disk
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Light: full sun and
part shade
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Soil: sandy,
gravelly, loamy
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Moisture: dry to moist
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Use: prairies,
meadows, naturalized areas, upland woodlands,
savannas, limestone glades, rocky cliffs and thinly wooded bluffs, borders of
woods, sandy shores, edges of marshes; attracts birds, bees, wasps, flies,
butterflies, skippers and other pollinators
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Care: medium
maintenance; easy to grow by seed
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Concerns: no serious
insect or disease problems; can spread aggressively by rhizomes and by
reseeding itself; cottontail rabbit and white-tailed deer may browse on the
foliage; may be treated as a weed; lower leaves die back as the plant matures
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Native to: Dane County and
most of Wisconsin; eastern Canada, all of United States including Washington,
except for the western states
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Notes: the last aster
remaining in bloom; the most common aster; showy flowerheads in the fall
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Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie 1030
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