Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'

Each meter tall individual stem produces seven or eight side branches starting from the base, all carrying further branching heads of flowers. An established clump will send up many such stems resulting in a wide-spreading elegant bouquet of flowers which lasts from late summer and through autumn, somehow never looking untidy with dead flowers. Individual flowers are a warm lavender-blue with yellowish-green centres. Absolutely the best Michaelmas daisy, for long display and sheer beauty: does not need staking, and is not affected by mildew. Deserves the best soil and position in the garden