Professer Kippenburg Aster
The Aster `Professor Kippenburg', Aster novae-angliae, has beautiful vivid purple daisy-like flowers that cover the plant.
The flowers are 1-2" wide with a plant width of 12-18" and a height of 18-20". Aster `Professor Kippenburg' does require full sun, but can take some afternoon shade, in a moderate soil range with good drainage that does not become extremely dry during the summer.
Aster `Professor Kippenburgs' make an excellent container plant or front of the garden feature and looks great with ornamental grasses.
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For United States gardeners ... remember to fertilize your lawn around the summer holidays. First on Memorial Day weekend to start the summer, again on Labor Day after the heat of the summer has passed, and finally near Halloween for a healthy lawn next spring.
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