Pitcher Flower Seeds
Purple-stemmed Aster
Purple-stemmed Aster
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Purple ray flowers and yellow disc flowers provide a great contrast in colour, livening up the sides of streams and wet ditches later in the season.
These native asters can grow pretty tall, with purple stems that, ironically, are not always purple! Clusters of flowers grow all above. Welcomes butterflies well.
Great for wetter areas!
Instructions
In spring after the risk of frost has passed, scatter seeds outside and cover lightly with dirt, keeping moist until they sprout. Plants will sprout in about two weeks.
Plants need very little care and can be left to grow on their own, but a blooming fertilizer can also be applied once in the summer.
Plant information
| Scientific name | Symphyotrichum puniceum |
| Other names | Red-stem aster, Marsh aster |
| Life | Perennial |
| Hardiness | Growing in zone 5b |
| Provincial distribution | Native in Newfoundland |
| Growth |
Medium to tall in size, with several branches of flowers |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| When to start | Outside after last frost, or indoors if desired |
| Light requirement | Full light or shade |
| Watering | Water frequently |
| Soil | Well-draining soil |
| Feeding | Little fertilizing needed, bloom fertilizer can also be used |
