The Blues aster
Callistephus chinensis 'The Blues'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'The Blues' aster (Callistephus chinensis 'The Blues') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and containers. Cool weather suits it, and it can take a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast and stands erect, and it blooms in summer and again in autumn. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Easy Wave Blue petunia, Double Click Rose Bon Bon cosmos, and Red fescue.