Asters
Asters are a great companion crop to grow along with your garden mums but have some key differences. Asters have a very fast response time once their critical photoperiod has been reached. This means they need more long day weeks and fewer short day weeks when grown as a blackcloth crop. Asters also tend to be in flower in late August and September and will need daylength manipulation for fresh flowers in October. Asters are very tolerant of high night temperatures and will come into flower faster in the South due to shorter daylengths. Late September flowering aster crops in the South will need manipulation to delay flowering. The listed flowering response for asters is based on a plant with some partially open flowers. To ship plants with only colored buds, plan to ship approximately one week earlier than the listed response.
See additional cultural details for aster scheduling and growing tips from our online technical library.
Aster Culture Sheet & White Paper
Blackcloth and West Coast
Pink / RP
Name
Purple
Blue
Lavender
White
Magic Group 4.5 weeks
Magic
™ Purple
Magic ™ Pink
Dragon ™ Blue
Daydream ™ Lavender
Puff ™ White
Royalty Group 5 weeks
Henry
™ I Purple
Henry ™ I Pink
Henry ™ I Blue
Fall
Pink / RP
Name
Purple
Blue
Lavender
White
Very Early Daisy
Magic ™ Purple
Magic ™ Pink
Dragon ™ Blue
Daydream ™ Lavender
Puff ™ White
Early Daisy
Believer ™ Purple
Hazy ™ Dark Pink
Days ™ Blue
Mid Daisy
Tiara ™ Royal Purple*
Tiara ™ Royal Pink*
Very Early Double
Henry ™ I Purple
Henry ™ I Pink
Henry ™ I Blue
Mid Double
Henry ™ III Purple
Henry ™ III Pink
Late Double
Showmakers ™ Blue Bayou*
Showmakers ™ Magenta*
Peter ™ III Blue*
Showmakers ™ Lavender* Showmakers ™ Artic White*
Henry ™ I Blue
*Needs a pinch
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