Asarum splendens
SHOWY GINGER
- Vigorous and easy to grow
- Large heart-shaped leaves with silver marbling
- Purple flowers are hidden by the foliage
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Asclepias incarnata
SWAMP MILKWEED
- Pink flowers are followed by attractive seed pods
- Food source for Monarch butterflies and other beneficial insects
- Commonly found in swamps or wetland landscapes
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
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Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
CINDERELLA SWAMP MILKWEED
- Rose pink flowers
- Bloom time Midsummer-Fall
- Clumping perennial by small rhizomes
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 30-90 cm
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
MILKWEED
- Vanilla-scented white flowers are followed by attractive seed pods
- Food source for Monarch butterflies
- Commonly found in swamps or wetland landscapes
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Asclepias syriaca
COMMON MILKWEED
- Pinkish-purple flowers
- Attractive seed pods remain when flowers finish
- Naturally found in open fields and along roadsides
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
- Round clusters of orange flowers
- Attractive seed heads appear when flowers finish
- Food source for Monarch butterflies
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
- Yellow flowers
- Attractive seed heads appear when flowers finish
- Cultivar of the native Asclepias tuberosa
HEIGHT: 45-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Asclepias verticillata
WHORLED MILKWEED
- Narrow whorled green foliage
- Sweet-scented greenish-white flowers
- Thin seed pods are left when flowers finish
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Asimina triloba
PAWPAW
- Small low branching tree, forming a dense pyramidal rounded crown
- Cup-shaped purple flowers
- Large, slightly drooping, elliptical green leaves turn yellow late in the fall
HEIGHT: 6-8 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Asparagus officinalis 'Guelph Millennium' (CPBR1427)
GUELPH MILLENNIUM ASPARAGUS
- New and improved male cultivar
- Tolerance to rust and other common asparagus problems
- Spears bigger and more plentiful the older cultivars
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Asplenium scolopendrium
HART'S TONGUE FERN
- AKA Phyllitis scolopendrium, Scolopendrium vulgare
- Low, upward-growing clumps of glossy narrow strap-like leathery leaves
- Edges are often wavy
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Aster alpinus Dunkle Shone ('Dark Beauty')
ALPINE ASTER
- Low-growing ground cover with green foliage
- Violet-blue flowers
- Short-lived perennial, sustaining itself through self-seeding
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Aster cordifolius
HEART-LEAVED ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum cordifolium
- Light blue to purple daisy-like blooms
- The centre florets are initially cream, maturing to a reddish-purple
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Aster divaricatus
WHITE WOOD ASTER
- AKA Eurybia divaricata
- Forms a low mound of green foliage
- Masses of small white daisy-like flowers are held on shiny black stems
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aster ericoides
HEATH ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum ericoides
- Numerous small white daisy-like florets with yellow centres
- Hairy green stems turn brown as the plant matures
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aster laevis
SMOOTH ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum laeve
- Extremely hardy
- Lavender to light blue flowers appear on hairless stems
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Aster laevis Blue Autumn ('Oudshoom 1') (PP17400)
BLUE AUTUMN ASTER
- Masses of purple, daisy-like flowers
- Smooth dark green leaves have excellent mildew resistance
- Good cut flower
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Aster lanceolatus
LANCE-LEAVED ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
- Extremely hardy
- Variably-sized lavender to white flowers with yellow centres on the ends of nearly hairless stems
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'
CALICO ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Lady in Black'
- Masses of tiny white flowers with raspberry-coloured centres
- Purplish-black foliage is attractive all season
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Aster macrophyllus
BIG LEAF ASTER
- AKA Eurybia macrophylla
- Leaves create ground cover like foliage that pushes clusters of lavender purple flowers.
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aster novae-angliae
NEW ENGLAND ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Large rose-purple flowers consisting of numerous rays around a yellow centre
- Upright habit with narrow hairy green leaves up to 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Aster novae-angliae 'Grape Crush' (PPAF)
NEW ENGLAND ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Grape Crush'
- Vibrant rounded purple flowers are produced on mounding green foliage
- Compact mounding habit and has good resistance to powdery mildew
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 100-110 cm
Aster novae-angliae 'Pink Crush' (PPAF)
NEW ENGLAND ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Pink Crush’
- Vibrant rounded rose-pink flowers are produced on mounding green foliage
- Compact, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 85-100 cm
Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' (COPF)
NEW ENGLAND ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
- A profuse perennial with dark purple flowers
- Compact, mounding habit of dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm