Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Vernonia Topping the stems are marble-sized

Topping the stems are marble-sized buds opening to lovely

Instead of the typical 10' tall specimen

but one that has been difficult to obtain for nearly two decades

Although the tuber offsets slowly

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

Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Vernonia Topping the stems are marble-sizedAster '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