This variety has a large presence in the garden with numerous, bright pink florets on branching stems.
‘Harrington’s Pink’ ‘Harrington’s Pink’ produces magnificent pink flowers which attract many butterflies. They are also very popular in native wildflower gardens in the United States. Let’s look at the most popular New England Aster varieties you’ll come across in many flower gardens.
Typically taller, but there are exceptions. These flowers are perennials, and are grown quite commonly in perennial gardens across around the world. We’ll look at key characteristics from each to help you find an aster or two that you may want to try at home!Īlso known as Aster novae-angliae in botanical terms, New England Asters are the most popular variety that you’ll seen in the United States. Read on to explore some popular cultivars in the New York and New England categories as well as a few other, more obscure flowers. With so many varieties to choose from, there’s certainly an aster variety for every sunny spot in the garden. It can be quite difficult to distinguish between the two, but both types are easy to grow. The varieties we see most often in the landscape are sorted into New York or New England subspecies. Ranging in height from 6 inches to 6 feet with a spread of 1 to 3 feet, asters grow on multi-stemmed bases and feature daisy-like rays extending from yellow-orange centers. 
They even come in true blue varieties, the most elusive of all flower hues. With thousands of cultivars and hybrids derived from more than 200 species, these cheerful perennials are diverse in size and color. Swooping in to hog the garden spotlight just when other flowers are beginning to fade, aster flowers are the ‘star’ of zone 3-9 landscapes in late summer to early fall.
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