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Beginner
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0.5m
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1m
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2-5 years
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2 hours care
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Botanical name: Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'
Other names: Frikart's aster 'Monch'
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Genus: Aster
Variety or cultivar: 'Mönch' _ 'Mönch' has excellent qualities and is sometimes recommended as the best of all daisies. It is a bushy herbaceous perennial with rough, dark foliage and yellow-centred, lavender-blue daisies that flower continuously from late summer to early autumn.
Aster x frikartii 'Mönch' is: Deciduous
Flower: Blue, Purple in Summer; Blue, Purple in Autumn
Foliage: Dark-green in Summer
Habit: Bushy, Compact, Cushion or Mound Forming, Rounded
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Sedum spectabile (Brilliant Group) 'Brilliant' (Ice plant 'Brilliant'), Aster ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry' (Heath aster 'Snow Flurry'), Anemone blanda (Winter windflower), Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' (Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert'), Penstemon 'Evelyn' (Penstemon 'Evelyn'), Penstemon 'White Bedder' (Penstemon 'White Bedder'), Penstemon 'Garnet' (Penstemon 'Garnet'), Sedum (Herbstfreude Group) 'Herbstfreude' (Stonecrop 'Herbstfreude'), Sedum 'Bertram Anderson' (Stonecrop 'Bertram Anderson'), Sedum 'Matrona' (Millennium plant), Anemone virginiana (Tall anemone), Sedum (Herbstfreude Group) 'Lajos' (Stonecrop 'Lajos' ), Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Prostrate heath aster), Sedum 'Abbey Dore' (Stonecrop 'Abbey Dore'), Sedum 'Carl' (Stonecrop 'Carl')
Aster x frikartii 'Mönch' (Frikart's aster 'Monch') will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Beds and borders
Cultivation: Plant in well-drained, moderately fertile soil in an open and sunny position.
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Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |
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Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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| Aspect: |
South, East, West |
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| Exposure: |
Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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