The pretty purple and gold flowers of Purplestem Aster give a wispy appearance to late-season borders and gardensa fittingly soft effect that helps the garden transition out of summer. Its blooms are also a positive force in your landscape, serving as a great source of nectar for bumblebees and supplying pollen and nectar to miner bees, cuckoo bees, leafcutter bees, cellophane bees, and sweat bees. Its known to support at least 18 native Hudson Valley pollinators whose populations are threatened or declining.

An easy-to-grow plant, Purplestem Aster is quite adaptable but grows best in soils that stay on the moist side, growing well in both full sun and semi-shade.

This local ecotype seed is of Hudson Valley wild origin and has been scaled for production on our farm in Accord, NY.

PollinateHV is a collaboration between the Hudson Valley Seed Company andPartners for Climate Action Hudson Valleyin support of threatened native pollinators.

We worked with a team of expert botanists, seed collectors, nursery growers and farmers to produce local ecotype native seeds to support at-risk Hudson Valley pollinators. You can find more information about this project atpollinatehv.org/seed-work. Learn more about the Hudson Valley\’s threatened pollinators and find resources to install pollinator habitat at all scales atpollinatehv.org.