White Upland Aster - Prairie Native, Forest Native, (Solidago ptarmicoides)

Our White Upland Aster is native to the Eastern United States, Eastern Canada, the Upper Midwest or North Central United States. It is an essential flower for late season pollen essential to help our polliantors through the winters. This flower thrives in sandy sites, open forests, calcareous prairies, and dry bluffs.  Botanical name: Solidago ptarmicoides

Characteristics: 

• Perennial and hardy to zone 3
• Plants grow to 2 feet tall
• Topped with white flowers
• Blooms late in the summer and early in the fall
• Serves as an important late-season (after frost) nectar source for a variety of butterflies

Seed Needed

• 1/8 oz sows 40 sq ft (Packet)
• 1 oz sows 800 sq ft
• 1lb sows around 13,000 sq ft
• 3lb sows 1 acre

Instructions - Can be sown directly when it is still cold as it needs cold and moisture to germinate. Sow seeds indoors just beneath surface of soil in a flat. Water and then enclose flat with plastic and refrigerate for 2 weeks. Remove plastic wrap and place in warm lighted area. May need staking in a garden border. You may pinch back until late summer to prevent plant from falling over when heavily laden with blossoms.

• Start indoors 6 weeks before the last frost
  
• Germination 14-35 days
• Plant 24" apart

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