Description
Larval Host Plant (butterflies):
Pearl Crescent
Larval Host Plant (moths):
Black Arches
Brown-hooded Owlet
Camouflaged Looper
Common Tan Wave
Confused Euscarca
Saddleback Caterpillar
Striped Garden Caterpillar
The Asteroid
$10.00
White wood aster is a carefree aster that will create a loose deciduous groundcover over time. Its cheerful and dainty blooms are daisy-like. A mainstay of New Jersey’s woodlands, this aster provides late season forage for native bees and butterflies.
Helpful in smothering late-season weeds like stiltgrass.
Host plant for the Pearl Crescent butterfly, a widespread butterfly of upland fields and meadows.
Height: 2′ Blooms: August, September
Siting: Dry to average, part sun to shade
Deer Resistance: Low
Provenance: NJ
Larval Host Plant (butterflies):
Pearl Crescent
Larval Host Plant (moths):
Black Arches
Brown-hooded Owlet
Camouflaged Looper
Common Tan Wave
Confused Euscarca
Saddleback Caterpillar
Striped Garden Caterpillar
The Asteroid
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