Debbie Schilling
Family
Asteraceae
Botanical Name
ASTER 'Bonnie Blue'
Plant Common Name
Aster, Bonnie Blue Aster
General Description
The bright, lavender-blue daisies of aster ‘Bonnie Blue’ offer a gorgeous contrast to the changing leaves of autumn. Its vivid, yellow-centered blooms smother generous mounds of fine, dark-green foliage in late summer to early fall, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.
Provide this perennial with full to part sun and moist, rich, well-drained soils. As with other asters, ‘Bonnie Blue’ is terrific for livening up tired, late-season beds and borders. It looks lovely when combined with ornamental grasses and tall, architectural Sedum varieties such as ‘Matrona’.
Growing Conditions
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Growth Rate
Medium
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Water Requirements
Average Water
Ornamental Features
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Flower Interest
Showy
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Fragrant Flowers
No
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Fragrant Fruit
No
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Fragrant Foliage
No
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Bark or Stem Fragrant
No
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Flower Petal Number
Single
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Repeat Bloomer
No
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Showy Fruit
No
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Edible Fruit
No
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Showy Foliage
No
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Foliage Texture
Fine
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Foliage Sheen
Matte
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Evergreen
No
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Showy Bark
No
Special Characteristics
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Sharp or Has Thorns
No
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Invasive
No
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Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
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Self-Sowing
No
