Arctic Aster (Siberian Aster)
Eurybia sibirica
Family:
Aster family - Asteraceae
This low-growing aster is a circumpolar species and thrives in a wide range of habitats, making it an easy, high-value addition for most gardens.
Woodland garden
Container garden
Meadow / Grassland garden
Rock garden
Xeriscape garden
Adaptable
Drought tolerant
High-value
Late season star
Details
Emerges
April, May
Seed collection
Flowers
July, August, June
Pink
Purple
August, September
Height
10
-
40
cm
Lifecycle
Perennial
Width
-
60
cm
Habit
Forbs
Spreading
Herbaceous
Rhizomatous
Ecology
Supports
Bees
Butterflies & Moths
Beneficial insects
Providing
Pollen source
Nectar source
This low-growing aster, like all asters, is a high value late-season plant for many pollinators and beneficial insects.
Habitat
Typically found in
riparian, open woods, thickets, mountain meadows, meadows, sand dunes
This circumpolar aster introduced itself from the Rocky Mountains into the Edmonton area. It grows widely across the northernmost regions of Canada, Europe and Asia. Found in a huge variety of habitats: open gravelly or sandy areas in boreal forest, wet meadows, open aspen and spruce woods, riparian thickets, sandy or gravelly stream flats, stream banks, lakeshores, bluffs, sand dunes, sandy places, subalpine and mountain meadows.
In the Garden
Growing Conditions
Moisture
Dry
Average
Moist
Light
Full sun
Soil
Average garden soil, Sand, Gravel, Rocky
Propagation
Via
Seeds
Sowing Recommendations
Fall planting
Landscape
Use for:
Border
Single planting
Mass planting
Growing Tips
Spreads slowly by rhizomes but easily controlled.
Great for a rock garden or gravelly conditions, but will grow in most garden soils.
Suggested spacing for planting is 30 cm.
Description
On the small side for an aster and extremely versatile, arctic aster is an easy choice for gardens. With a lower form, it works well near the front of the bed and spreads to fill in a space over time. It grows well in dry, rocky ground and is drought tolerant once established.