Stokesia laevis 'Mel's Blue' PP23090, Stokes' Aster heat tolerant yellow-orange-pink blossoms flowers with contrasting

yellow-orange-pink blossoms flowers with contrasting red stamens in spring and fall

It likes full sun to part shade but you'll have more of those brilliant

are a magnet for bees and other pollen-favoring insects

At Dancing Oaks we keep it as a showy container specimen and it's been happy in the pot for years

fuzzy grey carpet--great at the front of a border

Stokesia laevis 'Mel's Blue' PP23090, Stokes' Aster heat tolerant yellow-orange-pink blossoms flowers with contrastingFlowers spring through summer with up to 4 inch wide, periwinkle, aster like blooms. Additional blooms are encouraged by deadheading. Basal rosettes of lush green lanceolate leaves, with smaller leaved stalks, can be evergreen in warmer climates with mild winters. Easy to grow as long as there is good drainage in winter, established plants can tolerate some drought but generally prefer moisture (found in wet sandy meadows, lowlands, and ditches in its