Aster mongolicus Hortensis Hesperaloe From late spring through midsummer

From late spring through midsummer

easiest-to-grow

From a slowly spreading rhizome

it's just life from another planet

dramatic white eye

Aster mongolicus Hortensis Hesperaloe From late spring through midsummer(aka: Kalimeris mongolica, Kalimeris pinnatifida) It's been hard to keep up with the name changes, since this poor plant's identity has been batted around by taxonomists more than a tennis ball on Wimbledon's Centre Court. A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence, Aster 'Hortensis' is a wonderful, slowly spreading deciduous perennial which arises in spring to form a dense patch of 20" tall, interwoven stems, clothed with apple green,