All listed sizes available for pre-order until March 15th. Quantities may become limited as the season gets underway.
Sizes - Availability - Price
4 Inch Pots - Pre-Order Available - $5.00
Quart Pots - Pre-Order Available - $8.00
1 Gallon Pot - Coming Fall 2026 - $12.00
Height - 1 Foot
Light Needs - Part Shade / Full Shade
Soil Preferences - Clay/Loam/Sand
Moisture Range - Medium - Dry
Advantages - Home Garden Favorite (Aggressive) / Pollinator Specialist
Deer Resistance - No
Bloom Time - August- October
Bloom Color - White
Root Type - Rhizomatous
Growth Habit - Groundcover
Plant Profile
Big-leaf Aster - (Eurybia macrophylla) is a flowering, herbaceous perennial wildflower in the daisy family typically found in moist to dry forests. At maturity, its blooming stem can reach a height of 4 feet with an equal width in foliage. This shade-loving plant with large basal leaves will produce violet to pale blue flowers, with yellow centers, in early fall. The flowering, however, can be sparse and it may be more useful for its heart-shaped foliage. (Often has been remarked as a good substitute for toilet paper when in a pinch.)
Big-leaf Aster does best in moist, well-drained, sandy or loam soils. This is a woodland species that will grow in shade, but best flowering and growth is in part shade. During the summer, stems with alternate leaves are produced, while the basal leaves wither away.
The plant will spread by means of rhizomes or self-seeding and will form colonies in optimum growing conditions. It can be useful as a ground cover.
Highly Important Host
(3 or fewer types of host plants for species)
Aster Flowerhead Catepillar - Aster-head Phaneta - X - Dimorphic Gray - Goldenrod Gall Moth - Speyer's Cucullia
Generally Important Host
(4 or more host plants for species)
Pale Banded Dart - Blackberry Looper Moth