Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction The names alone are a

The names alone are a small history lesson

the mountain hydrangeas still bloom on old wood

and for anyone who has been looking for an evergreen oak with the texture of a willow and the shimmer of silver leaves in the wind

cool shade that is the plant's signature

The flowers open in spring on an upright frame of four to eight feet

Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodlanders Introduction The names alone are aIn the open oak hickory woodlands and fire maintained savannas that once covered the upland South, Georgia aster was a fixture, a late season native sending up violet blue flowers in October and November at the precise moment when almost everything else had finished. That landscape is largely gone now, and the aster went with most of it. What remains are scattered populations in Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and a handful of other Piedmont sites,