Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction The flowers open in spring

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

The names alone are a small history lesson

Pseudolarix kaempferi

to fifteen feet and more

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

Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction The flowers open in springIn 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,