Eurybia macrophylla, Big Leaf Aster, Quart Pot
Eurybia macrophylla, Big Leaf Aster
PS-Shade, Zone 3, Blooms Aug-Oct, 1’ x 2-3’, Med wet - Dry
Big-Leaved Aster gets its common name from its large, heart-shaped foliage, which has coarse-toothed edges reaching 8" across.. It's often planted for these large leaves as a shaded ground cover rather than for the sometimes sparse fall flowers. The flowering stems reach one to two feet in height, topped by blossoms with 9 to 20 thin, white-violet rays surrounding a yellow center. Eurybia macrophylla is common to northern woodlands, where it often forms a dense ground cover, spreading by rhizomes.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees rely on the pollen asters produce.
Best grown in moist, well-drained, sandy loams in part shade. This is a woodland species that will grow in shade, but best flowering and growth is in part shade.
Attracts bumble bees,mining bees,and the long-horned bee. Host plant for caterpillars of the Pearl Crescent and the Northern Crescent Butterflies and the Arcigeta Flower moth.
Eurybia macrophylla, Big Leaf Aster
PS-Shade, Zone 3, Blooms Aug-Oct, 1’ x 2-3’, Med wet - Dry
Big-Leaved Aster gets its common name from its large, heart-shaped foliage, which has coarse-toothed edges reaching 8" across.. It's often planted for these large leaves as a shaded ground cover rather than for the sometimes sparse fall flowers. The flowering stems reach one to two feet in height, topped by blossoms with 9 to 20 thin, white-violet rays surrounding a yellow center. Eurybia macrophylla is common to northern woodlands, where it often forms a dense ground cover, spreading by rhizomes.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees rely on the pollen asters produce.
Best grown in moist, well-drained, sandy loams in part shade. This is a woodland species that will grow in shade, but best flowering and growth is in part shade.
Attracts bumble bees,mining bees,and the long-horned bee. Host plant for caterpillars of the Pearl Crescent and the Northern Crescent Butterflies and the Arcigeta Flower moth.
Eurybia macrophylla, Big Leaf Aster
PS-Shade, Zone 3, Blooms Aug-Oct, 1’ x 2-3’, Med wet - Dry
Big-Leaved Aster gets its common name from its large, heart-shaped foliage, which has coarse-toothed edges reaching 8" across.. It's often planted for these large leaves as a shaded ground cover rather than for the sometimes sparse fall flowers. The flowering stems reach one to two feet in height, topped by blossoms with 9 to 20 thin, white-violet rays surrounding a yellow center. Eurybia macrophylla is common to northern woodlands, where it often forms a dense ground cover, spreading by rhizomes.
Asters are considered essential Keystone plants. They support 100 species of caterpillars and more than 30 species of Specialist Bees rely on the pollen asters produce.
Best grown in moist, well-drained, sandy loams in part shade. This is a woodland species that will grow in shade, but best flowering and growth is in part shade.
Attracts bumble bees,mining bees,and the long-horned bee. Host plant for caterpillars of the Pearl Crescent and the Northern Crescent Butterflies and the Arcigeta Flower moth.