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Powderpuff Aster Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit

Callistephus chinensis

From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.

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THE PLANT NOTEBOOK

Powderpuff Aster care, from seed onward.

Botanical name
Callistephus chinensis
Common names
China Aster
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Callistephus
Species
C. chinensis
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Start growing

Full sun. Do not plant in same spot two years in a row (disease).

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Growing with your kit

The Seeds In A Cup® kit features these for their unique 'double' flower anatomy.

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Propagation

Seed.

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Seasonal growth & harvest

Blooms late summer to frost.

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Growing conditions

Cool summer regions.

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Weather & tolerances

Light frost.

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Pests & plant health

Aster yellows, fusarium wilt.

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Plant safety

Safe.

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Botanical features

Annual with large, shaggy, double blooms resembling powder puffs.

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Varieties

‘Powderpuff’, ‘Matsumoto’.

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Garden & everyday uses

Cut flowers (very long lasting)

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Native range & distribution

Native to China and Korea.

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Conservation

Secure.

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Name origins

Greek ‘kallistos’ (most beautiful) + ‘stephos’ (crown).

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History

Introduced to Europe by Jesuit missionaries in the 1730s.

TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING

Your next beginning, in a cup.

Seeds In A Cup® grow kits matched to powderpuff aster.

THE GROWING CONVERSATION

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