Aster dumosus Blue - Bushy Asters, aster pitic de toamna cu inflorire abundenta

Aster dumosus (also known as Bushy Aster or Dwarf Autumn Oxeye ) is a perennial garden plant, highly prized for its compact, bushy habit and abundant flowering from August to October. It forms dense clumps, covered with small, star-shaped, purple, mauve, pink or white flowers with yellow centers, which attract bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects.

🌿 Botanical characteristics:

• Full name: Aster dumosus

• Common name: Dwarf autumn aster, dwarf autumn oxeye

• Family: Asteraceae

• Growth type: Perennial plant, with compact and bushy habit

• Leaves: Lanceolate, green, persistent until late in the season

• Flowers: Small, starry, purple with yellow center (other varieties may have pink, white, blue)

• Flowering period: August–October

🌞 Growing conditions:

• Light: Prefers full sun for maximum flowering

• Soil: Fertile, well-drained, but tolerates poorer soils

• Watering: Moderate; keep the soil slightly moist, without excess

• Cold resistance: Very good, down to –25°C, ideal for the Romanian climate

To keep the bushes compact and vigorous, it is recommended to divide them every few years and cut off the dry stems after flowering.

✨ Advantages and uses:

• Rich and long-lasting flowering, when other plants in the garden are past their peak period

• Rustic, resistant, low-maintenance plant

• Ideal for borders, perennial beds, flower beds or planters

• Honey plant, attracts bees and butterflies

Note: The plant may be delivered without flowers, but it has the ability to re-bloom in the following weeks, if it benefits from the right conditions. The price displayed is for a plant without flowers.

Height with pot included approx. 20 cm