Sky Blue Aster Size:1 gallon North Carolina by Terry Dalton

North Carolina by Terry Dalton of the North Carolina Arboretum

Stachys byzantina 'Helene Von Stein'

such as mulching or wrapping in burlap

hairy achenes

it doesn’t spread through rhizomes and can easily be grown from seed

Sky Blue Aster Size:1 gallon North Carolina by Terry DaltonSymphyotrichum oolentangiense Commonly known as Sky Blue Aster, Azure Aster, or Blue Devils. Native to prairies, fields, wood margins and rocky slopes from Ontario and New York to Minnesota south to Georgia, Alabama and Texas. A r hizomatous perennial that typically grows 2 3 tall. Daisy like flowers (. 5 to 1 across) with blue to blue violet rays and yellow center disks bloom in many flowered panicles in September and October. Ovate lanceolate to