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Add vibrant late-season color to your garden with Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve), a beautiful native perennial known for its lavender-blue daisy-like flowers with golden centers. Blooming from late summer through fall, this aster provides essential nectar for bees, butterflies, and migrating pollinators when many other plants have finished flowering.
Smooth Blue Aster thrives in prairies, meadows, borders, and native plant gardens. Its smooth, blue-green foliage and upright habit make it an excellent structural plant, while its tolerance of dry soils once established makes it ideal for low-maintenance landscapes. This species is long lived and reliable in a wide range of settings.
You will receive:
✔️ 100 fresh, viable seeds
✔️ Open-pollinated, untreated seeds
✔️ Carefully packaged for successful sowing
🌼 Growing Information
Common Name: Smooth Blue Aster
Botanical Name: Symphyotrichum laeve
Plant Type: Native perennial wildflower
Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Dry to medium, well-drained soil
Height: 2–4 feet
Bloom Time: Late summer to fall
Flower Color: Blue to lavender
Native Range: Eastern & Central North America
Cold Hardiness: USDA zones 3–8
Cold Stratification: Required (30–60 days)
Smooth Blue Aster prefers sunny sites with good drainage. Seeds are best fall sown or cold stratified before spring planting. Plants establish well and may spread slowly by rhizomes over time.
Smooth Blue Aster Seeds – Symphyotrichum laeve, Native Perennial, Pollinator Wildflower (100 Seeds)
$9.99