New England Aster

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Common Name: New England Aster

Botanical Name: Aster novae-angliae

Updated 2/2012

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Habit	Flower	Leaf

Height: 3-7' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Upright to irregularly rounded  Zone: 4-8

Cultural Requirements: Full sun with moist, well drained soils.  Can tolerate dry sites.

Ornamental features: Numerous purple or pinkish daisy-like flowers in late summer and autumn.

Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Pearl Crescent, Silvery Checkerspot

Nectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Buckeye, Viceroy, Checkered White, Painted Lady, Monarch, Eastern Tailed-Blue Pearl Crescent, American Painted Lady, Cloudless Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, Common Checkered-Skipper, Hairstreak

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