Height: 10’ + Spread: 10' Light Needs: sun Water: average to moist Flower color: lavender Bloom time: late summer
This clambering herbaceous perennial is native to South Carolina's coastal plain. It produces long stems that twine into and drape over surrounding vegetation or another support - such as a trellis. In late summer and fall, it is covered with lavender daisies that attract bees, butterflies and other insect pollinators. The seeds are eaten by birds. The caterpillars of the pearl crescent butterfly feed on the leaves of this plant. Several reports state that it is resistant to deer damage, something that is unusual among our native asters.
