Description
Raydon’s Favorite Aromatic Aster is a small mounding native perennial known for the minty scent of its foliage. It sports a hairy stem with rough, hairy lance-like green leaves and flowers with the signature purple with orange-yellow centers that only blooms in fall. The flowers are attractive to butterflies and bees. Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils. Raydon’s Favorite tolerates light shade and is fairly drought tolerant, but excessive dry conditions will reduce bloom.
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Type: |
Perennial |
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Origins: |
East and Central N. America, SE Native |
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Height: |
2’ – 3’ |
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Spread: |
2’ – 3’ |
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Spacing: |
3’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 – 8 |
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Culture: |
Full Sun, Part Sun |
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Bloom Color: |
Purple |
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Season of Interest: |
Fall |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to powdery mildew if soils poorly-drained. Can cut stalks after flowering to prevent self-seeding.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Naturalized Areas, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Stoke’s Aster, Switch Grass, Bluestar
IMAGES: Photos by cultivar413, (1) 151029 127 Central Park – Conservatory Garden, South Garden, Symphyrotrichon oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ Aromatic Aster, (2) 151029 125 Central Park – Conservatory Garden, South Garden, Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’, Symphyrotrichon oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ Aromatic Aster, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Aster oblongifolius Raydons Favorite 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Raydons Favorite 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
