I love the white wood aster in the shady bed along the driveway and wanted more asters to fill in the space, so I was happy to find common blue wood aster on the botanical garden sale list this fall. These asters that are shade loving can get weedy and I’ve seen that with the white wood aster - but if you pinch it back some it will get more upright and bushy. It’s taken me a couple of years to learn that lesson! But you can see the difference when you do it and it makes for a lovely bed plant.
It also gives pollinator insects much needed variety in fall forage.
These are very delicate flowers and so very pretty!
That's very pretty and delicate looking.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a very nice plant for a shadier naturalized area.
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