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Stokesia Collection

Common name: Stokes Aster

You will add a splash of colour to your garden with this extraordinary blue-flowered perennial.

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
3 for £21.00
just £7.00 each
9 for £42.00
just £4.67 each
15 for £58.00
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One of our favourite discoveries of recent years is stokesia, a member of the daisy family resembling a shorter, stockier cornflower. Throughout summer a profusion of striking, fringed flowers adorns the naturally rounded cushions of leathery, strap-like, semi-evergreen foliage. A magnet for bees and butterflies as well as excellent cut flowers, these unusual plants make an intriguing addition to the front of a border, edge of a path, or container display. For this collection we have brought together three exciting and different varieties. 'Divinity' has pure white flowers, 'Mels Blue' has violet, cornflower-blue blooms, and 'Mega Mels' is a showier, larger version of this with flowers reaching up to 10-12cm across. Stokesia is typically found towards the edge of conifer woods throughout SE USA. For best results, grow in fertile, moist, well-draining, neutral to acid soil in sull sun. Avoid areas prone to winter waterlogging, and provide a dry winter mulch if you can. Stokesia is hardy to between -5 and -10 C, so able to cope with the average UK winter. H: 40cm S: 40cm.
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Key Information
Included In this Collection Stokesia Divinity 9cm pot Stokesia Mega Mels 9cm pot Stokesia Mel's Blue 9cm pot
Latin Name Stokesia Mel's Blue 9cm pot
Common Name Stokes Aster
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Purple
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.50
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.30
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam
Aspect East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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