Aster - Woods Purple

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Aster - Woods Purple

The Aster ‘Woods Purple’, Aster x dumosus, is a purple daisy-like flower blooming August through September. With its perfectly clean, compact, dark green, disease resistant and rust free foliage, this plant has a height: 12” and a plant spread of 24”. ‘Woods Purple’ has emerged in the past few years with superb flowers and longer bloom times. Aster ‘Woods Purple’ does require full sun, but can take some afternoon shade, in a moderate soil range with good drainage that does not become extremely dry during the summer. Aster ‘Woods Purple’ makes an excellent container plant or front of the garden feature and looks great with ornamental grasses. ‘Woods Purple’ is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds and looks beautiful all season long. ... find out more

 

Iris - Mother Earth With a velvety texture and beautiful evergreen foliage, it has a plant height of 37’ and a width of 18-24”. This Iris blooms heavily in early summer and then reblooms in late summer, ‘Mother Earth’ is an attractive backdrop for your garden and is an easily grown Iris. The Iris ‘Mother Earth’ prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun, but will tolerate some afternoon shade. Best used around pools, ponds and water gardens, and for mass plantings. It can also be used in difficult banks for preventing erosion.

Aster - Woods Purple