Aster cordifolius 'Avondale'

common blue wood aster

(syn. Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

This selection of the native wood aster is a prolific bloomer, carpeting the shade garden with light blue in early fall, when little else blooms and the hostas are in decline. A quick and easy pot crop for fall sales. Beautiful and long-lasting as a filler in autumn flower arrangements!

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Height

2-3 Feet

Spread

18-24 Inches

Bloom Color

Light Blue

USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8

common blue wood aster Interesting Notes

At home in shade or sun, Avondale blue wood aster is a lovely early fall bloomer. Small, daisy-like flowers of pale blue with cheerful yellow centers completely envelop the plant. In the sun, it has an open upright habit and can reach 3’ tall when flowering. In the shade this aster has a more relaxed attitude, arching over to weave among neighboring plants. Symphyotrichum cordifolium 'Avondale' prefers average soil that is dry to moist but well drained and is drought tolerant once established. It is attractive to butterflies and is deer resistant. Use in mass plantings or on woodland edges combined with Conoclinium coelestinum, Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra ‘Summer Nights’, Fothergilla major ‘Blue Shadow’, and Amsonia hubrichtii. - Mt. Cuba Center