Kalimeris Aster pinnatifida
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Aster iinumae
- Kalimeris pinnatifida
- Phonetic Spelling
- ASS-ter pin-nah-tih-FY-duh
- Description
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This easy to grow apple green, single and double white aster-like flower is a Japanese wildflower has a long bloom season from early summer to fall. Plant in full sun, though it appreciates some afternoon shade in hot climates, well-drained, medium moisture soils. Plant in perennial borders, naturalize in a meadow, or mass plant along a walkway. The flowers can start out as single blooms but by mid-summer, they are doubled.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems but it can suffer from root rot in overly wet soils. It needs to be sheltered from battering winds.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Hortensis'
Pure white double flowers
- 'Hortensis'
- 'Hortensis'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Hortensis'
Pure white double flowers
- 'Hortensis'
- 'Hortensis'
- Tags:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Aster
- Species:
- pinnatifida
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Korea, Japan
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 8 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Wildflower
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Mounding
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Fine
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5b, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8b, 8a
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Head
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Good Cut
- Long Bloom Season
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Radial
- Flower Petals:
- 7 - 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Semi-double daisy-like flowers 1" wide appear from early summer to fall.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Other/more complex
- Rosulate
- Leaf Shape:
- Pinnatifid
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Lobed
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Basal leaves 3 1/2" long with serrate margins are pinnately lobed. Small stem leaves have entire margins.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Meadow
- Naturalized Area
- Walkways
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
