Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Gaillardia Once hellebore flower stalks rise

Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color

Hosta 'Gypsy Rose' stays slightly smaller than its parent

albeit far from invasive

Although winter-hardy in Zone 7b

Each 2' wide clump resembles an upside-down dish of 3-day-old blue spaghetti after rigor mortis has set in

Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Gaillardia Once hellebore flower stalks riseAster 'Ezo Murasaki' is a Japanese selection of the wide ranging Asian Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides. Aster 'Ezo Murasaki' makes a large, stoloniferous mass to 2' tall x 10' wide in 10 years. In other words, this is NOT a plant for the small garden, and it does not play well with others its own size. What Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki' does very well is fill a large space rapidly and reward you in October and November with an incredible blanket