Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Vernonia Hedychium 'Pradhanii'

Hedychium 'Pradhanii'

Instead of the typical 10' tall specimen

one plant stood out as an exceptional groundcover elephant ear

when most daylilies are just a memory

topped with huge 8" wide flowers with 6 horizontal lavender purple petals

Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Vernonia Hedychium 'Pradhanii'Aster '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