Perennials > Stokesia > Stokesia laevis > Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube'
Stokesia laevis
'Blue Danube'
Blue Danube Stokes' Aster
| Family |
| Saxifragaceae |
| Genus |
| Stokesia |
| Species |
| laevis |
| Cultivar |
| 'Blue Danube' |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 9 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 |
| Height |
| 10 - 30 cm |
| Spread |
| 10 - 30 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Flower beds, cut flowers, ground cover, borders, hedge gardens, as a potted plant or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in moist but well-drained neutral to acidic soil in full to partial sun. Protect from strong winds. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Caterpillars. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Smooth erect leafy stems. |
| Leaf Description |
| Lanceolate-elliptic leaves that can grow up to 12 cm long and 2 - 3 cm across. Leaves appear to have a very fine hair-like coating. |
| Flower Description |
| Fluffy flowers about 5 - 6 cm across. 8 - 10, 5 - 6 notched-fringed petals surrounding a fuzzy pincushion-like inner blooming petals and the sepals. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green stems and foliage. Cornflower blue to lavender blooms with a cream to peach centre. |
| Texture Description |
| Soft. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The A.M. (Mac) Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. |
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