Eurybia hemispherica ‘Baby Blues’ (southern prairie aster), formerly known as Aster hemispherica, is a little-grown South Central US (Kansas south to Florida) native aster that’s thrived in our full sun garden since 2011. This Van der Giessen Nursery collection of this little-known mesic (moderately moist) to dryland species hails from the Black Belt region of Autauga County, Alabama. Our thirteen year-old garden specimen has formed a 2′ tall x 5′ wide patch of 2′ long arching, thin, bristly stems, that branch toward the end. Starting for us in late August, the stalks, clothed in amsonia-like, linear, scabrous foliage, explode with a mass of 1″ wide lavender flowers. Hardiness Zone 6a-9b. We are hoping to have this available through Plant Delights Nursery in 2025.
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