Stokesia laevis Klaus Jelitto

Jelitto Aster

Klaus Jelitto is a Stokes aster cultivar that features fluffy, cornflower-like, powder blue flowers (to 3- across) on generally erect, leafy stems growing to 15-20 tall from a rosette of oblong-lanceolate medium green leaves (to 8 long). Rosettes are evergreen in warm winter climates. Long summer to early fall bloom. Genus name honors German plantsman Klaus R. Jelitto who founded Jelitto Perennial Seeds.

Height

12'

Width

12-18"

Hardiness zones

5–9

Sunlight

Full Sun

Bloom time

Early Fall, Fall, Late Summer, Summer

Flower color

Blue

Leaf color

Green

Fall color

Green

Attracts

Butterflies

Fruit

No

Fragrant

Yes

Deer resistant

No

Salt tolerant

No

Drought tolerant

No