Blooms August to September attract a wide variety of insects, including honeybees, bumblebees, various wasps, bee flies, butterflies, skippers and moths. Asters are a host plant for 112 species of caterpillars. Wild turkeys eat the seeds and foliage. Deer and rabbits browse the foliage helping to maintain a bushy growth habit.
 
Plant Characteristics:
Grows 2-6' tall x 2-3' wide.
 
Grows in full or part sun.
 
Prefers wet to moist soils.
 
Reproductive System: Disc flowers are hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects.
 
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