Aster 'STARLIGHT'

Aster 'STARLIGHT'
Michaelmas daisy, New York aster

SIZE/TYPE	low perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.2-0.3m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-0.5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	September - October
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials

New York aster is an old time favourite in Czech and Slovak gardens. These plants are carefree and flower over a long period. Since they are so attractive and popular breeders keep coming up with new, improved varieties that brighten up our early autumn gardens.

Starlight is a modern variety of New York aster with bright purple pink, double flowers from September till October. The plants forms a compact clump, neatly shaped into a mound not taller than 30 cm. Leaves are rich green, narrowly oblong, very resistant to common aster diseases. To multiply the number of flowers and to achieve a bushier plant pinching in late June is recommended.

These asters are more resistant to common aster diseases such as powdery mildew and black spot if grown in constantly moist, rich soil (any pH). Grow them in full sun and fertilize annually for profuse flowering. Cut back to ground level in early spring. Most of them are exceptionally hardy. Hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 20-01-2013

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.