Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath Aster)
grows 3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms white from July-November
natural habitat: open rocky woods, prairies and along roads and railroads
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies and many moths and smaller insects
deer resistant
companion plant: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower), Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass)
grows 3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms white from July-November
natural habitat: open rocky woods, prairies and along roads and railroads
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies and many moths and smaller insects
deer resistant
companion plant: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower), Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass)
grows 3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms white from July-November
natural habitat: open rocky woods, prairies and along roads and railroads
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies and many moths and smaller insects
deer resistant
companion plant: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower), Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass)