About October Skies

Light lavender-blue flowers with gold centers on mint-scented mounds. Pollinators appreciate that it blooms in late summer and fall when nectar is harder to find. Cultivar. *****

The scientific name used to be Aster, like the common name.

About Aster, Aromatic

Showy, bushy plant with hundreds of 1" daisies in fall. Excellent cut flower. Host plant for silvery checkerspot butterflies.

Pot Size & Price
2.5-in. pot
$4.00
Height
15"–24"
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Catalog
N003
Plant Traits
Bees
Butterflies

Other varieties of Aster, Aromatic

Aster 'Dream of Beauty', pink long-petaled asters with yellow centers
Photo from Bluebird Nursery

Dream of Beauty

Catalog
N002
Aster Raydon's Favorite, many lavender blue small daisies
Photo from Brent & Becky's

Raydon's Favorite

Catalog
N004
Aster oblongifolius, lavender daisies
Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Wild Aromatic Aster

Catalog
N005