Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)

Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)Hardy, autumn flowering perennial Description: Clusters of small, pale lavender flowers with yellow centers rise above a clump of smooth, bluish green leaves Habit: Grows up to 4 feet tall with many flowers on each stalk Culture: Tolerates many conditions, but prefers dry fields and woods in full sun Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 through 8 Officially named and documented in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, the Smooth Aster is a North American native that produces

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Early settlers to Kentucky used the unusual seeds as a substitute for coffee

and is free-flowering from spring through fall

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and today it is used primarily as a culinary herb in soups

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Eighteenth-century Virginia gardener Jean Skipwith was likely referring to this charming species as the “cut-leaved” wild violet “with a pansy flower” that she grew among her sweet-scented violets at Prestwould

well-drained and well-composted garden loam

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This bust is a superb likeness of Thomas Jefferson when he was minister to France

is similar to Echinacea angustifolia

It was first introduced into Great Britain around 1800 and was listed by Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon in the 1806 edition of The American Gardener's Calendar