(China Aster, Matador™ Salmon Pink Aster)

Lovers of showy, long-lasting cutflowers take note! The Matador™ Salmon Pink China aster is an upright and well-branched annual that has a high quality, mum-like salmon-rose flower with yellowy core. The China aster is native to China and this particular cultivar was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage grows upon well-branching long stems that are topped with salmony rose flowers summer to early fall. The double (extra petaled) pompon-like flowers with small...

(China Aster, Matador™ Aster)

Lovers of showy, long-lasting cutflowers take note! The Matador™ Series of China aster includes a collection of upright and well-branched annuals that have high quality, mum-like flowers. The China aster is native to China and this particular series was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms, flowering in late summer to fall, in either with, red, yellow, three tones of blue-violet, or pink. The plump pompon-like flowers...

(China Aster, Matador™ Soft Blue Aster)

Lovers of showy pastel, long-lasting cutflowers take note! The Matador™ Soft Blue China aster is an upright and well-branched annual that has a high quality, mum-like silvery light blue-lavender flower with yellowy core. The China aster is native to China and this particular cultivar was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage grows upon well-branching long stems that are topped with light blue-lavender flowers summer to early fall. The double (extra petaled) pompon-like...

(China Aster, Matador™ White Aster)

Lovers of showy, long-lasting cutflowers take note! The Matador™ White China aster is an upright and well-branched annual that has a high quality, mum-like white flower with yellowy core. The China aster is native to China and this particular cultivar was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage grows upon well-branching long stems that are topped with white flowers summer to early fall. The double (extra petaled) pompon-like flowers with small yellowy centers are...

(China Aster, Matador™ Yellow Aster)

Lovers of showy, long-lasting cutflowers take note! The Matador™ Yellow China aster is an upright and well-branched annual that has a high quality, mum-like lemon yellow flower. The China aster is native to China and this particular cultivar was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage grows upon well-branching long stems that are topped with yellow flowers summer to early fall. The double (extra petaled) pompon-like flowers are held on thigh-high upright plants....

(China Aster, Milady China Aster)

Milady Series China aster is a shorter bushy annual that is native to China. The green foliage is accented by flowers in colors of pink, rose, magenta or red, blue, blue violet and white from midsummer to early fall. The Milady Series has sturdy stems and double flowers on plants that are wilt-resistant.

Callistephus chinensis can be planted in loam or sandy soil in well drained conditions and full sun. This plant is susceptible to wilt so avoid overwatering or poorly drained soils....

(China Aster)

The Nevita Series of China aster includes a collection of bushy but nicely branching annuals, all native to China. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms that are golf ball-sized and pompon-shaped, flowering earlier in summer than others, in either white, blue-violet or rose-pink. Blossoms are held on knee-high mounding plants.

China aster can be planted in loam or sandy soil in well drained conditions and full sun. Do not bother to deadhead spent blossoms as it will not reflower....

(China Aster, Pot 'n Patio China Aster)

The Pot ‘N Patio Series are selections of China Aster bred for compactness, double flowers, and a range of colors. The parent species, native to China, is a bushy, green-leaved annual. These selections are dense, small, fast-growing, bushy, annuals that send up short stalks above the leaves bearing large, double flowers (extra petals) that are round and domed, in colors ranging from white through pink to pinkish-red and purple. Flowering continues from mid-summer through fall, Deadheading encourages...

(China Aster, Standy Aster)

Lovers of cutflowers take note! The more disesae-resistant Standy Series of China aster includes a collection of upright annuals, all native to China with double (extra petal) blossoms with a yellow and white core. This series was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms, flowering in midsummer to fall, in either rose, light pink, red, magenta, ivory or different shades of blue-purple petals. The flattened, mum-like flowers...

(China Aster, Starlight Aster)

Cute and crowned with blooms in early autumn, the Starlight of China aster includes a collection of low, globular mounding annuals, all native to China. This series was developed by the German plant breeding company, Ernst Benary. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms, flowering in very late summer to fall, in either magenta, salmon, violet or lavender tones. The large sea urchin-like flowers with golden centers are held on ankle-high mounding plants.

China aster can be planted...