Aster: October Skies
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'
$12.00· 1 left
- Mature size
- 1-3 ft tall × 1-3 ft wide
- Sun
- Full Sun
- Moisture
- Dry to Medium
- Bloom
- Late summer to first frost, Blue-purple to lavender with yellow center
- Deer resistance
- High
- Rabbit resistance
- High
Aromatic aster forms a dense, mounding plant covered with blue-purple daisy-like flowers from late summer until frost. It is unusually tough for an aster, tolerating drought and poor soil while providing an important late-season nectar source for pollinators.