Aster ‘Snow Flurry’

Description

Aster ‘Snow Flurry’
Aster ericoides ‘Snow Flurry’

Perennial native cultivar

Height:  6 to 8 inches

Width:  2 feet

Flower color:  white  with yellow disc on prostrate cascading branches

Bloom time:  late summer/fall

Light needed:  sun

Soil needed:  Excels in its ability to handle dry soil in full-sun sites.  It is particularly well-adapted to rock gardens or any location with lean soils and sharp drainage. However, it also performs in richer soils with less light. Once established the plant is more drought-tolerant.

Notes:  It makes a great groundcover and is an effective plant for late season pollinators.  Attracts butterflies especially migrating monarchs in the fall, specialized bees, small mammals and songbirds 

Resistant to deer

For more details, visit: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/aster-ericoides/  The Mt. Cuba Center pollinator trials gave it a 3.8 out of 5 (see https://mtcubacenter.org/trials/aster/)

How to Purchase Our Plants:

See our Calendar for the dates and locations of our pop up sales, where you can browse our stock of plants in person. We accept cash, checks, and credit cards.

Zoning regulations prevent us from having customers coming to our backyard nursery.  We do not ship plants.