Aster novi-belgii Marie Ballard (Michaelmas Daisy)
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Description
Brighten your late-season garden with Aster ‘Marie Ballard’. This award-winning perennial is celebrated for its abundant, double lavender-blue blooms that flower for up to six weeks from late summer into autumn. A recipient of the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM), Marie Ballard is praised for its reliable performance, beauty, and resilience.
Reaching a height of 90 cm and a spread of 60 cm, this semi-compact, bushy aster maintains its shape without the need for staking, making it perfect for low-maintenance gardening. Thriving in full sun and well-drained soil, Marie Ballard attracts bees and butterflies, enhancing your garden’s biodiversity. Supplied as bare root plants, it establishes quickly and provides years of elegant, reliable colour.
Ideal for cottage gardens, mixed borders, and cutting gardens, Marie Ballard offers charm, structure, and continuous interest as summer fades into autumn.
- Botanical name: Aster novi-belgii ‘Marie Ballard’
- Common name: Michaelmas Daisy
- Height: 90 cm
- Spread: 60 cm
- Flower colour: Double lavender-blue blooms
- Flowering period: Late summer to autumn (up to six weeks)
- Position: Full sun
- Soil type: Well-drained soil
- Wildlife attraction: Bees and butterflies
- Supplied as: Bare root plants
- Ideal for: Cottage gardens, mixed borders, and cutting gardens
- Maintenance: Low-maintenance; easy to establish
- Plant spacing: 4-6 plants per square metre
- Dispatch: Spring (March-April)
Planting information
- Dig a hole to the required depth. You can find this required depth for each type of bulb, tuber or root in the growing guides.
- Depth is measurement of space between the soil line and top of bulb or bare root.
- Set the bulbs or bare root in place, pointed side or sprout side upward.
- Cover the bulbs by replacing the soil and water thoroughly.
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Shipping schedule
We start shipping our spring planted flower bulbs in Spring. We start shipping by the end of March.
Bulbs that are planted in spring and have a tendency to bloom in summer are called spring bulbs. Not to be confused with bulbs that are planted in autumn and bloom in spring.
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