Good companions are perennials or grasses with more rough structure like Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Liatris or Panicum virgatum. Esta especie es originaria de América del Norte, es bastante común en entornos abiertos, bordes de campo, prados, en terraplenes. horizonale 'Lady in Black'.įor flower beds, pollinator gardens, naturalistic landscaping, prairie gardens, woodland edges gardens. Aster lateriflorus, hoy renombrado por los botánicos en Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, Aster calico o Aster con flores laterales, es una planta perenne perteneciente a la gran familia Asteraceae. Other scientific name is Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. 'Lady in Black' is not far from the wild forms and provides similar benefits.Īs any other aster, this one can self-seed, so if you want to avoid seedlings, cut the plant back when it's nearly finished with blooming. horizontalis is native wildlflower to the most of the eastern states of USA ( see the USDA distribution map), while it's sister Aster lateriflorus covers larger area in the USA ( see the USDA map) and both have excellent wildflife support (they are also host plants for Pearl Crescent and Checkerspot Butterflies). Wild species of Calico Aster - Aster lateriflorus var. Deer resistant (but wild forms are sometimes browsed by the deer and rabbits, so some browsing may occur too).
Leaves are dark red-brown, but the color is most significant in first half of the growing season, with summer heats turns greenish-red.įlower are tiny, whitish with plum-purple centers, less than half inch in diameter, but cover the whole entire plant. Usually grows to 3' of heigh x 2-3' of width, the main stems are upright, darker and branch horizontally and small branches are nicely arching down. Grows in any soil - clay, sandy, rocky soils, tolerant to some salt in soil too. It is also very adaptable, does well in sun and half-shade, in an soil with average moisture to average-dry (the soil doesn't have to be amended). This aster stays in clump, that is very slowly getting wider in time. The look is "cloudy" (clouds of small flowers), upright with weeping small branches, it doesn't need staking (unless it's planted in very rich amended soils). The reason for such a great evaluation is : great and reliable performance in gardens, rather compact shape and acceptable dimensions (not too big, not too small), great vigor, excellent health, nice leaf color in first half of the season and we can't forget it's ecological value - this nativar attracts many pollinators (native bees, honey bees, flies, wasps, butterflies) and drought tolerance. Virtually unknown nativar in USA, underused, but this is excellent fall aster - one of the 7 best winning asters in Chicago Botanic Garden trials and also recipient of Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society in UK).
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