Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction cool shade that is the

cool shade that is the plant's signature

place the plant exactly in that open

The flowers open in spring on an upright frame of four to eight feet

and boggy edges this holly has long been a defining presence

thin and prune the canes right after flowering to keep the arching form open

Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction cool shade that is theIn the open oak hickory woodlands and fire maintained savannas that once covered the upland South, Georgia aster was a fixture, a late season native sending up violet blue flowers in October and November at the precise moment when almost everything else had finished. That landscape is largely gone now, and the aster went with most of it. What remains are scattered populations in Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and a handful of other Piedmont sites,