Aster Frikartii Footki ‘Monch’

Brighten up your garden with this beautiful Aster, flowering throughout summer and into autum every year with gorgeous yellow-centred daisy blooms.
The ‘Moch’ have vibrant lavender-blue petals that surround a golden yellow centre – this bright and perfect looking Michaelmas Daisy flowers from July – October, creating a bold splash of colour.
Forming a sturdy clump, these fully winter-hardy perennials perform brilliantly as a central feature in containers or in the middle of borders for reliable, no-fuss colour year on year.
Blooming over many weeks, Asters make great cut flowers being very long lasting in a vase. In the garden, they will attract a whole host of beneficial pollinating insects as they are loved by butterflies and bees.
Easy to grow and low maintenance, this plant will grow to around 90cm tall and you should deadhead faded flowers to encourage more blooms.

Top Tips

Deadhead faded flowers to encourage more blooms.

Care Guide

• These fully-hardy perennials are perfect in both borders and pots.
• Select a sunny site and plant in moist but well-drained soil.
• Add mulch after planting to keep soil cool and prevent weeds.
• The best time to plant is in mid to late spring when the danger of frost has passed.