Stokesia ‘Mary Gregory’ – Stokes Aster –

Description

Stokesia ‘Mary Gregory’ perennial comes in 1 or 2 gallon pots S. laevis – Stokesia cyanea – This rosette forming, evergreen perennial from Southeastern USA, grows 24″ tall and 18″ wide. It produces elliptic to lance shaped, mid green basal leaves, to 8″ long, slightly spiny near the bases, and with conspicuous, pale greenish white midribs. From mid summer to early autumn, upright stems, with smaller, stalkless leaves, bear solitary, terminal, cornflower-like flowers, to 4″ across, these have spreading, fringed petals in purplish blue, pink or white, with paler or darker shades of the same colors in the centers. Grow in light, fertile, moist but well drained, acidic soil in full sun or part shade. Liable to rot in damp, heavy soils.Provide support. Deadhead to prolong flowering. Divide in spring. zones 5-9