Stokes Aster

This delightful, compact, mounded plant looks stunning in borders and mass plantings. Aster Purple Dome makes an excellent container plant or front of the garden feature; looks especially great with ornamental grasses.

Large, bright, golden-disked blooms, in red to salmon, set off pyrotechnic bursts of joyous color. Fireworks in the garden. Loaded with vintage charm, the tall, long-stemmed flowers work marvels in a vase.

Bring your border to colorful life. Can-you-believe-your-eyes blooms are purple petals enthusiastically splashed with white. Sturdy plants bloom in early summer—produce vase upon gorgeous vase of cut flowers.

The flowers will attract beautiful wildlife to your garden. (Aster azureus) This easy-to-grow wildflower produces stunning, violet-blue blooms.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

Also known as summer aster. Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Bloom size avg. Tower features uniform bloom time and plant height across the series and mix.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

Also known as "Largeleaf Aster," this tall beauty has lavender flowers, large heart-shaped leaves.

A perfectly gorgeous aster with aromatic leaves and visiting butterflies, the plants produce a splendid show in autumn. Hundreds of 1" daisy-like lavender blue flowers spring abundantly from the mounds of gray-green foliage.

Start indoors and transplant when they're about 3" tall. This aster provides a striking mix of colors: white, pink, purple and shades in between. Attracts butterflies.

This famous wildflower is not really an aster, but has always been called "Prairie Aster" or "Tahoka Daisy." Annual.

Smooth Blue Aster prefers full sun and is a vital source of nectar and pollen for a variety of pollinators, including butterflies and bees. All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow.

Stiff stems, large flowers, super winter-hardy. Great for late bloom. The ancestor of our best garden asters.

This easy-to-grow perennial is drought tolerant and thrives in dry, clay soil, preferring as much sun as possible. Heath Aster is native to the United States and grows to be about 2' tall, delighting with numerous blooms in the late summer meadow.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

The new growth fills in areas that were becoming sparse, a common complaint in asters that have not been separated. Once the roots have been buried to the level at which they were previously growing, water well to settle the soil.

Many asters can be spaced 3 inches (8 cm.) apart, then thinned to 12 inches (30 cm.) apart after they emerge.Whether planting indoors or outdoors, cover the seeds with 1/8 inch (0.3 cm.) of fine soil.

Avoid wilt by planting only resistant varieties.is another disease that will kill off blossoms. If you have a heavy infestation, apply insecticide according to the directions on the bottle.Apart from pests and disease, asters can also suffer from too...

Space 12-18" apart. Each plant has 8-10 long, strong, upright stems topped by giant, fully double frilly flowers 5" across in a blend of blue, cerise, rose-pink and white asters.

It's a dwarf cultivar that typically grows to be 18-24" tall and up to 3' wide, and sports purple 1 1/2" flowers with yellow centers. The glory of autumn, this aster is native to much of eastern North America and is widely adapted and nearly pest-free.

Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended. Cut individual stems for design work or use as a bunch. Each plant bears dozens of flowers.

Daisy like-white flowers top every stem. A tall (to 7') aster for semi-shade, great in a woodland garden.

Growing to be about 1-3' tall, this native perennial can be planted in a smaller perennial garden or in a prairie or meadow. The gorgeous, violet flowers add charm to any garden or meadow and delight the late season garden with prolific blooms.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

Packet: 50 seeds.Transplant (recommended) - Sow 1/8" deep in flats indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Row covers help prevent spread of disease by leafhoppers.Support, such as horizontal mesh (Hortonova) is recommended.

The mature seed head looks like a light-brown or white puffball, something like a dandelion seedhead, and each seed has its own tiny “parachute” to catch the wind.Keep in mind that the seeds your asters produce may grow into plants with a different...