About
Aster ageratoides 'Starshine' PBR is a perennial that grows up to 60 cm in height and can spread to 70 cm across. It features deeply serrated, lanceolate leaves in a rich green hue. Throughout the autumn months, it produces numerous small, white flowers reminiscent of daisies, each with a yellow center, extending its bloom time significantly.
About the genus
Aster includes perennials, annuals, and subshrubs, typically characterized by slender leaves and flowers that resemble daisies, either appearing alone or in clusters.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun or light shade. See aster cultivation
- Pruning
- Deadhead spent flowers to tidy, cut back stem close to the ground in late autumn
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in spring or root softwood basal cuttings in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to leaf and bud eelworms, slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to Verticillium wilt, Powdery mildews and grey moulds