(Astoria White Aster, China Aster)

Midsummer starts the pretty and copious display of hundreds of white daisies on the Astoria White China aster. A bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual, it is a native of China. Green foliage is topped by yellow-centered blossoms with white petals, flowering a bit earlier in summer than other China asters. The large feathery flowers are held on knee-high mounding plants.

China aster can be planted in loam or sandy soil in well drained conditions and full sun. It needs long daylengths in order for flower...

(Ballet Mix China Aster, China Aster)

Late summer is time for the display of puffy, frilly, frizzy blossoms! The Ballet Mix China aster includes a collection of bushy annuals, all native to China. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms the size of golf balls. Nearly all double (extra petals) formed, the flower petals are needle-thin and are colored either white, pink, rose, salmon, magenta, violet or purple with a white center. The large frizzy-petaled flowers are held on compacted upright plants.

China aster can...

(Benary's Princess Blue Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Blue aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have violet-purple petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly mounding...

(Benary's Princess Bright Red Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Bright Red aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have blood red petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly...

(Benary's Princess Bright Rose Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Bright Rose aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have rosy magenta petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly...

(Benary's Princess Crimson Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Crimson aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have crimson (deep violet-red) petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright...

(Benary's Princess Deep Red Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Deep Red aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have rich wine red petals and tubular center florets with a small yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly...

(Benary's Princess Formula Mix Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful cutflower asters, the Benary's Princess Formula Mix. This China aster collection of bushy but sturdy-stemmed annuals are all native to China and were developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by a range of colorful blooms the size of golf balls, in either pink, purple, lavender, pink, yellow or white. Flower centers are usually bright yellow. The large dome-shaped...

(Benary's Princess Light Blue Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Light Blue aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have lavender petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly mounding...

(Benary's Princess Salmon Rose Aster, China Aster)

Combining the prettiness of the daisy and chrysanthemum flowers, late summer presents the wonderful Benary's Princess Salmon Rose aster. This China aster is a bushy but sturdy-stemmed annual native to China but developed by the Ernst Benary plant breeders in Germany. Green foliage is accented by golf ball-sized blooms that are dome-shaped. The double (extral petals) flowers have rosy salmon-pink petals and tubular center florets with a vivid yellow eye. Flowers are held on knee-high upright to slightly...