
Stoke's Aster
- Botanical Name
- Stokesia laevis
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 12 to 24 inches
- Width
- 18 inches
- Flowers
- Summer: blue, white, pink, purple
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, fertile
- Planting & Care
- Requires a well-drained soil
- Plants growing in Zone 5 benefit from winter mulch to help regulate soil temperature
- Good drought and heat tolerance
- Deadheading will encourage additional flowers
- Plants can be cut back to basal foliage after flowering
- Stems can be floppy and will benefit from support
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Alba - white flowers
- Blue Danube - lavender-blue flowers up to 5 inches wide
- Blue Moon - pale blue flowers
- Peachie's Pick - later blooming, 3 inch fluffy blue flowers, 12 to 18 inches
- Blue Star - light blue flowers, sturdy stems
- Klaus Jelitto - powder blue 3 to 4 inch flowers
- Rosea - rosy-pink flowers
- Silver Moon - creamy white flowers
- Wyoming - deep blue flowers
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