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Plant Name |
Aster alpinus |
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Common Name |
Blue Alpine Daisy, Rock Aster, Alpine aster. |
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Soil |
Acidic Sand or Clay |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun or Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Dry |
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Plant Type |
Herbaceous Alpine |
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Height x Spread in inches (cms) |
10 x 18 (25 x 45) |
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Foliage |
Mid-Green |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
Violet with Yellow (may be pink, violet/lavender, dark purple/black, or white/near white) florets in June-July |
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Comment |
Mound-forming form. Pruning Group 14. Suitable for a Rock Garden. "Aster alpinus is an ornamental plant native to the mountains of Europe (including the Alps), with a subspecies native to Canada and the United States. It is a perennial forb having purple, pink or blue flowers belonging to the genus Aster. It does better in generally cooler climates. Usually it is adapted to clay, silt, loam, silty clay, sandy clay, clay loam, silt loam, sandy loam, silty clay loam and sandy clay loam soils, and prefers low fertility. The plant can tolerate only a minimum temperature of -28°C / -18.4F after the occurrence of cell damage. It can survive medium heat of fire and requires at least 90 frost free days for proper growth. It is herbaceous and attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds." from Wikipedia. "Aster alpinus is a herbaceous perennial forming a clump to 30cm in height, with narrow dark green leaves and daisy-like flowerheads to 5cm in width, with blue-violet rays and a yellow centre" from Royal Horticultural Society. "At home in the front of the garden border or rock garden, Alpine Aster delights the eye with its daisy-like pastel colored blooms." from Cornell University. Available from Shoot and 6 others in the UK with Les Senteurs Du Quercy in France and 6 cultivars from Heritage Perennials in America. |
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ODDS AND SODS GALLERY PAGES Introduction FOLIAGE COLOUR SHAPE SEED COLOUR BED PICTURES OTHER FLOWER PICTURES |
Odds and Sods Height from Text Border for Odds and Sods Gallery |
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Odds and Sods Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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Click on plant name in the text box below that photo to change the comparison page to that Plant Description Page. |
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"Simona and Feruccio" by Madeleine F. Williamson Pires. Can Simona and Feruccio (the flowers) with |
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ODDS AND SODS INDEX |
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Odds and Sods Name. |
Flower Colour |
Flowering Months |
Height x Spread in inches (cms) |
Foliage Colour |
Plant Type |
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Violet with Yellow (may be pink, violet/lavender, dark purple/black, or white/near white) florets
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June, July |
10 x 18 |
Mid-Green
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Purple
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April, May |
2 x 24 |
Mid Green
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Bright White, yellow, pink or red
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June, July, August, September, October |
48 x 12 |
Grey-Green
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Chrysan-themum 'Pennine Digger' and others |
Golden Yellow
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October |
48 x 30 |
Dark Green |
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White
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May, June |
5 x 12 |
Mid-Green
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Pale to Deep Rose-Pink
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June |
6 x 72 |
Dark Green above, Grey-Green below
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Greenish-Yellow
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April, May, June |
4 x 12 |
Blue-Grey
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White |
June |
6 x 6 |
Bright Green
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White-throated Sky-Blue
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April, May, June, July |
1 x 4 |
Dark Green
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Yellow ray-florets with Brown disc florets
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August, September |
180 x 24 |
Mid to Dark Green
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White, lavender, purple, pink, or crimson
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May, June |
8 x 10 |
Mid Green
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Scented Purple, Rose-Pink or White
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July, August, September |
54 x 36 |
Light Green
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White to light Purple
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May, June, July |
36 x 12 |
Light to Mid Green
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Bright Golden Yellow
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July, August |
24 x 12 |
Mid Green
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Morus nigra |
Pale Green |
May, June |
480 x 600 |
Mid Green
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Greenish-Yellow
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July, August, September |
60 x 12 |
Dark Green
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Red, White, Rose-Pink or Purple
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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Domino Series cultivars have upward-facing flowers in Red, White, Crimson-Pink, Lime-green, Pink with White-eyes, Purple, Purple with White eyes, Salmon-Pink, or White with Rose-Pink margins
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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July |
6 x 12 |
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