'Alert' Hardy Aster, Symphyotichum dumosum 'Alert' close up of purple flowers in garden
'Alert' Hardy Aster, Symphyotichum dumosum 'Alert' with visiting pollinator
'Alert' Hardy Aster, Symphyotichum dumosum 'Alert' close up of purple flowers in garden
'Alert' Hardy Aster, Symphyotichum dumosum 'Alert' with visiting pollinator
Videos
Alert Aster
SALE | SAVE 20%
SKU: AM013933
Shipping:
Shipping begins the week of March 17th, 2025
Cannot Ship to:
AK, HI, GU, PR, VI, and CAN.More Information
Overview
'Alert' Aster is a dwarf variety, growing to only 12 inches tall. In late summer its' neat, compact, mounding habit is covered with brilliant purple to crimson flowers with striking yellow centers. One of the best perennials to insure late season blooms. (Symphyotrichum dumosum)
key features
Botanical Name
Symphyotichum dumosum 'Alert'
Advantages
Native, Bee Friendly, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Easy To Grow, Low Maintenance, Naturalizes, Cut Flowers, Mass Plantings, Small Spaces
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Soil Moisture
Average, Moist / Wet
Mature Height
12" tall
Mature Spread
14-18" wide
Bloom Time
Late summer to fall
SKU
AM013933
Description
'Alert' Aster is a member of the famous dwarf aster group. Growing a dwarf aster is one of the very best ways you can assure some fall blooms for your meadow or garden. They are simple to handle and hardy as oaks. 'Alert' Aster stays short, and will fill it's space with a neat, low green tuft that bursts into bloom in late summer with deep purple to crimson, starry flowers. After about two years, you can dig up two or three plants, and divide them into twenty...and then replant yourself a huge patch, or have yards of edging.
The dwarf Aster dumosis (now Symphyotrichum dumosum) hybrids resulted from a cross between wild Aster nova novi-belgii, the much taller New York Aster, with another wild aster from the Pacific northwest.
