Tower Chamois aster
Callistephus chinensis 'Tower Chamois'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Salmon
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Tower Chamois' aster (Callistephus chinensis 'Tower Chamois') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, and containers. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Salmon, peony-type blooms open from early to late summer and again from early to late autumn. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Double Zahara Cherry zinnia, Supertunia Bordeaux petunia, and Red fescue.