Aster divaricatus 'Eastern Star' (Eurybia) - WHITE WOOD ASTER 'EASTERN STAR'
'Eastern Star' is a bit shorter and more compact than the species and has very dark, nearly black and shiny stems and dark veins on leaves. Flowers are white, smaller (less than 1"). Adaptable, tough mounding and groundcovering perennial, easily grown in dry shade, where lots of plants fail...
Grows to 21" tall and 36" wide. Blooms late - in September to October.
Attracts butterflies, deer and rabbit resistant plant, black walnut tolerant perennial. Host plant for caterpillars of Pearl Crescent and Checkerspot butterfly.
Best in half shade or deep shade and dry to medium moist/moist soil. Tolerates wide range of soils, including pure clay or shallow rocky soils. Aster divaricatus 'Eastern Star' was one of the 7 top performing asters out of 119 asters in Chicago Botanical Gardens trials (health, performance, flower coverage, long-life, no disease). And also received high ratings in a 2006 evaluation of “Asters for the Mid-Atlantic Region” at Mt. Cuba Center (Delaware).
Hardy in zones 4 to 8.
Best in half shade or shade garden, woodland gardens, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, butterfly gardens, shade and difficult parts of beds in public spaces, dry shade corners and under the trees. Underused perennial in USA.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Picture copyright : US Perennials nursery
Aster divaricatus 'Eastern Star' (Eurybia) - WHITE WOOD ASTER 'EASTERN STAR'
'Eastern Star' is a bit shorter and more compact than the species and has very dark, nearly black and shiny stems and dark veins on leaves. Flowers are white, smaller (less than 1"). Adaptable, tough mounding and groundcovering perennial, easily grown in dry shade, where lots of plants fail...
Grows to 21" tall and 36" wide. Blooms late - in September to October.
Attracts butterflies, deer and rabbit resistant plant, black walnut tolerant perennial. Host plant for caterpillars of Pearl Crescent and Checkerspot butterfly.
Best in half shade or deep shade and dry to medium moist/moist soil. Tolerates wide range of soils, including pure clay or shallow rocky soils. Aster divaricatus 'Eastern Star' was one of the 7 top performing asters out of 119 asters in Chicago Botanical Gardens trials (health, performance, flower coverage, long-life, no disease). And also received high ratings in a 2006 evaluation of “Asters for the Mid-Atlantic Region” at Mt. Cuba Center (Delaware).
Hardy in zones 4 to 8.
Best in half shade or shade garden, woodland gardens, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, butterfly gardens, shade and difficult parts of beds in public spaces, dry shade corners and under the trees. Underused perennial in USA.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Picture copyright : US Perennials nursery
Customer Reviews
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Excited to add this to the garden
Wanted to find something for a tough growing spot in drier shade. Trust US Perennials to have just the plant! And not only does it have foliage but it should also bloom and help our pollinators. Only a couple of weeks in from planting but it has transplanted well, and showing sings of obvious growth. Need to see how it does in a year before giving 5 stars, although, everything else I have purchased from US Perennials performs well.
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'Eastern Star' White wood aster
Lovely, full plants that were very well rooted. They were well packed and arrived undamaged.