Botanical Name: Callistephus chinensis
Common Name: China aster
Type of Plant: dicot: annual
Character spring annual
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright multi-branched plant with coarse foliage and large, colorful, daisy-like flowers
Height 1' - 3'
Spread to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun
Soil prefers a well drained soil
Hardiness tender to frost used as a spring annual
 
Morphology:
Leaves ovate, to 3-1/2" long, deeply or irregularly toothed, leaves near to flowers are spatulate
Flowers head; showy, to 5" across in summer; colors vary from red to yellow, orange, white, etc.
Fruit small achene
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
for cut flowers, medium height bedding plant; good in mass plantings, large beds, large scale containers
 
Landscape Care:
Watering keep slightly dry, especially in heavy soils
Fertilizing balanced, slow-release when planting, low N monthly
Pruning remove dead flowers
Pests/Diseases aster yellows (virus) aster wilt (fungus), leaf hoppers
Special Conditions/Other don’t plant two years in succession
 
Origin: China
Family: Asteraceae

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