2000 FLEABANE DAISY Erigeron Speciosus Flower Seeds

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A mid-season blooming perennial, Fleabane or Aspen Daisy does best in full to partial sun, tolerates dry to moist soils, but prefers well-drained soil that is not too rich. A showy, vigorous plant with violet flowers that attracts butterflies, it will form colonies that should be divided when they begin to overlap.

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MORE INFO:

Name: Fleabane daisy
Scientific Name: Erigeron speciosus
Other Common Names: aspen fleabane, garden fleabane and showy fleabane
Color: Purple/Lavender
Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost
Plant Height: 12"-24"
Plant Spacing: 12 - 15"
Cycle: Perennial
Bloom Season - Spring-Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Soil & Water Preferences: Average
Other: Attracts bees, birds, & butterflies,

Sowing: Direct sow in late fall, pressing the seeds into the surface of the soil since they need light to germinate. For spring planting, mix the seeds with moist sand and store in the refrigerator for 60 days before direct sowing. Germination may be slow and naturally irregular.

Growing: Water seedlings regularly once they are established. Mature plants tolerate heat and drought well, and should only need watering in periods of extended drought. This plant prefers light, sandy soil. Deadheading spent blossoms will help extend the blooming; if blooming decreases, but the plant back for new growth. Plants can also be divided after several years of growth. This plant reseeds readily, though cutting off the flowers before they begin to develop seed will prevent this. This plant attracts bees and resists deer.

Harvesting: For fresh flowers, cut long stems of flowers that have just opened and place them in water immediately; strip the leaves that will fall below the water.