Aster 'MAGIC WHITE'

Aster 'MAGIC WHITE'
Michaelmas daisy, New York aster

SIZE/TYPE	low perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.3-0.4m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-0.4m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	white
BLOOMING TIME	August - October
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	3 (down to -40°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials

New York aster is an old time favourite in Czech and Slovak gardens. These plants are carefree and flower over a long period. Since they are so attractive and popular breeders keep coming up with new, improved varieties that brighten up our early autumn gardens.

Magic is the name of the new New York aster series. It makes compact and bushy plants with profusion of double flowers early in the season – while older aster varieties are yet making buds these are flowering freely. Magic asters start blooming in August and continue until mid to late autumn. Moreover, they are more resistant to common aster diseases such as powdery mildew and black spot.

Magic White is a white flowering variety with yellow centres that mature to orange-red. It flowers over a long period.

New York aster needs evenly moist, fertile soil of almost any pH value. Grow it in full sun and fertilize annually for profuse flowering. Cut back to ground level in early spring. Hardy to about -40°C (USDA zone 3).

Last update 06-11-2012

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
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EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.