Symphyotrichum laterifolium 'Horizontalis'
(Calico Aster)
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and upright, branching stems. Smooth mid-green leaves are ovate at the base of the plant with smaller, lanceolate leaves on the stems. Daisy-like flowers are composed of creamy white to pale purple petals (ray florets) that surround a central cluster of deep magenta-pink Disc florets. The flowers are held in panicles on the upright stems and are produced from early into late autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects and excellent for use as cut flowers.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Synonym - Aster diffusus, Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis'
Flower:
Small daisy-like flowerheads are composed of creamy white to very pale purple ray florets (petals) that surround a central cluster of magenta-pink disc florets. The flowers are held in panicles and produced in abundance on tall, upright stems from September into November.
Flower colour: White, pink
Flower shape: Daisy-like flowers held in panicles
Flowering time: September, October, November
Foliage:
Smooth mid-green leaves are ovate in shape at the base of the plant with smaller, lanceolate leaves Alternately arranged on the stems. The leaves emerge tinted purple in spring and often take on reddish hues in the autumn while the plant is flowering.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.