Virginia ecotype

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Upright, clump-forming, sometimes spreading, airy
Size: Typically 2 to 4 feet tall; 1.5 to 3 feet wide
Flowering Time: August to October
Bloom Color: Pale blue to lavender with yellow centers (turning reddish with age)
Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, thickets, roadsides, shaded meadows
Moisture: Average to moist; prefers well-drained soils
Light: Part shade to part sun (tolerates full sun in cooler/moist conditions)
Soils: Loamy, silty, or rocky soils; moderately fertile, well-drained
Uses: Shade gardens, pollinator plantings, woodland restorations, naturalized borders, cottage gardens

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Common blue wood-aster)

$12.00

Symphyotrichum cordifolium is called the Heart-leaf Aster, or the Common Blue Wood-aster. A woodland perennial aster that blooms late season, brightening the landscape and rewarding small pollinating insects with its small, pale blue-lavender flowers. "Heart-leaf" comes from the distinctive heart-shaped basal leaves, which distinguish it from many other asters.

This species grows in sun to shade, but thrives in part sun/shade (1-3 hours of direct sun), making it one of the best asters for woodland gardens and lower light plantings. Its open, branching form, when in flower, creates a cloud-like effect en-mass that pairs extremely well with gold-flowered goldenrods.

Late season asters are an important nectar and pollen source for many pollinators: small native bees, butterflies and moths, and beetles seeking pollen. When a single flower is successfully pollinated, the centers change color from light yellow to reddish-purple. Asters also support several specialist mining bees, and are a host plant for the Pearl Crescent butterfly, Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly, and several species of moths.

Heart-leaf aster possesses an adaptability to shade few other flowering plants can match. An excellent species for sun and shade pollinator gardens alike. Pairs well in a mass planting with other fall blooming woodland flowers, such as Eurybia divaricata (white wood aster), Solidago caesia (bluestem goldenrod), and Solidago flexicaulis (zizag goldenrod), and Solidago erecta (slender goldenrod).
We do not currently ship live plants, but we do offer pick up at our nursery in Henrico County, near the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

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Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Common blue wood-aster)

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