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Description
Aster (Callistephus Tall Paeony Duchesse) What a rewarding experience to grow these spectacular flowers from Aster seeds! These Paeony Duchess Asters are breathtaking, and this huge, upright bloom with magnificent colours is the perfect addition to the cutting garden.

These Aster flowers are very large with double incurved petals. They resemble chrysanthemums that bloom in the fall, but Asters bloom many weeks before. The Aster plants have an upright growth habit and have 5 to 8 flowers. This variety makes exceptional cut flowers with long stems and showy blooms that have a long vase-life.

Good for beds, containers and borders Aster is an old-fashioned garden favourite that makes a lovely cut flower. Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Pollinators, it’s an easy to grow & maintain addition to any garden!

Grow Notes
Growing to 70cm, plant out at 100cm apart in full sun. They do best in moist well drained soils with overhead watering avoided.

Deadhead to prolong the flowering season.

Sow
Sow seeds direct or in seed raising mix, at a depth of 6mm, in Spring or after frosts have ended. Firm down, water gently and keep moist through germination period. Medium sized seeds these are easy to see and handle.

Germination
10-24 days at 18-21°C

Maturity
This half hardy Annual is considered mature around 100 days after germination.

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