Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Oreocharis and again from September through

and again from September through November (NC)

2' tall mass of woody stems is clothed with velvety green leaves

which turned out to be a superb giant form of the edible Hemerocallis citrina

creamy-gold border

with nice branching rhizomes and an extra wide

Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Oreocharis and again from September throughAster 'Ezo Murasaki' is a Japanese selection of the wide ranging Asian Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides. Aster 'Ezo Murasaki' makes a large, stoloniferous mass to 2' tall x 10' wide in 10 years. In other words, this is NOT a plant for the small garden, and it does not play well with others its own size. What Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki' does very well is fill a large space rapidly and reward you in October and November with an incredible blanket