Aster ericoides

Aster ericoides ‘Monte Cassino’ at Digging Dog Mail Order Nursery. Beloved by late season garden aficionados, florists and butterflies, this exceptional Aster spotlights wispy crisp white clouds of petite yellow-centered daisies hovering above tiny tailored green leaves that form a vigorous shapely clump.

A very attractive low-growing variety, Aster ericoides 'First Snow' (Heath Aster) features arching to prostrate stems smothered by sprays of tiny, white, star-like flowers from late summer into fall. These sprays are so densely packed with blooms that they turn the plant completely white due to the sheer quantity of flowers. When not in bloom, this Heath Aster resembles a spreading Juniper shrub in habit and foliage. Though the narrow, linear, green leaves look like they might be prickly…

Aster ericoides 'Snowflurry'

Aster ericoides prostratus

Week 17 of Native Plant of the Week will focus on Heath Aster (Aster ericoides). This aster thrives on the driest sand and gravel soils, producing a blizzard of bright white flowers in late summer - early fall. Creeping slowly by rhizomes to form nice patches, it is one of our longest lived native asters. Plant it with Sky Blue Aster and Smooth Aster for a great fall show. Pick up your free Heath Aster seeds at the Piqua Library beginning Mon. Dec. 14. 1-2 packets/person, while supplies…

Botanical media and picture library for professional garden photography. Dwarf heath aster with the scientific name: Aster ericoides f. prostratum 'Snowflurry', a variety of the genus Aster (Aster) in the family Asteraceae.Other names: White heath aster, Prostate white asterSynonyms: Aster pansus 'Snowflurry'Media-ID: 102587

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Plants that thrive in dry sandy soils are often low-growing species that have adapted to the lack of moisture & nutrients in very dry, well-drained conditions