Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Equisetum While each pinna (fern leaf)

While each pinna (fern leaf) is larger than most other holly ferns

The clumps are topped with 14" stalks of light purple flowers in late June (NC)

95-36) This unusual hosta was derived from a 1994 cross of Hosta rupifraga x Hosta plantaginea

a superb garden surprise toward the end of the season

it is one of only a few hardy geraniums ever patented

Aster ageratoides Ezo Murasaki Equisetum While each pinna (fern leaf)Aster 'Ezo Murasaki' is a Japanese selection of the wide ranging Asian Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides. Aster 'Ezo Murasaki' makes a large, stoloniferous mass to 2' tall x 10' wide in 10 years. In other words, this is NOT a plant for the small garden, and it does not play well with others its own size. What Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki' does very well is fill a large space rapidly and reward you in October and November with an incredible blanket