New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
A hardy North American perennial bearing lavender to deep purple, daisy-like flowers in late summer to early fall, New England Aster was a choice garden ornamental in American and European gardens, and remains so today.
North American asters ranked as the premier native plant introduced into Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. British patron Peter Collinson wrote to Philadelphia plant collector and nurseryman John Bartram, “…your country in inexhaustible in asters,” and Jean Skipwith, Lady Skipwith included “asters of various kinds” in her southern Virginia garden at Prestwould during the late 1700s. New England Aster was included on the 1806 list of Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon and in the 1818 catalogue of the William Prince Nursery on Long Island, NY. This hardy, North American perennial produces lavender to deep purple, daisy-like flowers from late summer to early fall.
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Plant history in your gardens with seeds and plants from Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.
