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New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Aster novae-angliae
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.0 ft. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 6.0 in.; to 2.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- August, September, October
- Flower Color
- Purple Shades, White Shades, Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Spreads Underground
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This plant is an adult food host for twelve bee species and a larval/adult food host for thirty-four specialist butterfly species.