Available mid May

Big-Leaved Aster gets its common name from its large, heart-shaped foliage, which has coarse-toothed edges reaching 20 cms across. It's often planted for these large leaves as a shaded ground cover rather than for the sometimes sparse fall flowers. The flowering stems reach to 60 cms in height, topped by blossoms with 9 to 20 thin, white-violet rays surrounding a yellow center. The blooms last a long time and are very attractive to pollinators. The foliage is an important host for Eurybia macrophylla is common to northern woodlands, where it often forms a dense ground cover, spreading by rhizomes.