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Asteraceae
Sea aster
Tripolium pannonicum
Also known as Tripolium vulgare var. pannonicum, Aster palustris, Aster tripolium var. discoideus, Tripolium vulgare
Native Plants · Coastal · Wildflower · Saltmarsh · Aster · Purple Flowers · Wildlife · Pollinator · Autumn Bloom · Wetland · Native
Sea aster is a charming coastal wildflower that produces daisy-like purple blooms in late summer and autumn, making it a beautiful addition to seaside or wildlife gardens. It thrives in moist, saline or brackish soils and tolerates occasional flooding, making it ideal for rain gardens and coastal plantings. Provide full sun to partial shade and minimal supplemental watering once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates periodic flooding and brackish conditions · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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