From Birds and Blooms · Peggy Riccio · · 1m 30s
Fall Garden Aster Varieties Guide
Discover top 10 fall aster flowers for your garden.
In brief
Discover top 10 fall aster flowers for your garden. New England aster, blue wood aster, and other native asters bloom in fall, support pollinators, and are deer resistant. Originally reported by Birds and Blooms.
Fall Garden Asters
Fall gardens feature hardy perennial shrubs with daisy-like purple, white, or pink flowers that support local ecosystems.
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae blooms purple to blue to pink flowers, 2 to 4 feet tall, in full to part sun.
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium has heart-shaped leaves and blue-violet flowers, growing 3 to 5 feet tall in shade.
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum has white petals with red centers, blooming less than an inch wide in full sun to partial shade.
Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides grows 2 to 3 feet tall with white flowers that cover the bush, thriving in full sun.
Italian Aster
Aster amellus, 2 feet tall, blooms large 2-inch wide violet blue or pink flowers in full sun.
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii grows 3 to 4 feet tall with purple to blue flowers, ideal for borders in sun and shade.
Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve has hairless blue-gray foliage, 3 to 4 feet tall, blooming small lavender blue flowers.
Tatarian Aster
Aster tataricus reaches 6 feet tall with lavender/blue flowers, ideal for back-of-the-border displays.
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata, 1 to 3 feet tall, spreads by rhizomes to control erosion in shady areas.
The short version
New England aster, blue wood aster, and other native asters bloom in fall, support pollinators, and are deer resistant.
