Riddell had discovered the beautiful sky-blue aster, and its scientific name — Symphyotrichum oolentangiense — commemorates the river where he found it.

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What: Woods Blue New York Aster – Aster novi-belgii ‘Wood’s Blue’ A favorite dwarf perennial aster, Woods Blue is an excellent selection for a position near the front of a border.

Stokes’ Aster is a good choice that fits right into most landscapes, native or traditional, a tough native plant that produces lavender-blue blooms.

Sky blue aster is a standout in a pageant of botanical beauties. All of the blue-flowered asters are knockouts, but Riddell’s find is hard to match.

Twelve years ago, when an aster was still an aster, I bought a plant of a tall one, Aster Chieftain, from the national collection of Michaelmas daisies in Worcestershire.

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Kalimeris incisa, the Indian aster, once called Boltonia incisa, has white flowers; the variety "Blue Star" is slightly blue.

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