China AsterChina Aster ‘Azumi XL White’
Callistephus chinensisColor
WhiteDays to cut
105–120 daysStatus
tryingCatalog ID
CF-15Seasons logged
1First sown
2026-04-11The Azumi series offers 2–3 1/2" pom-pom style blooms in rich jewel tones on sturdy, vigorous plants. Recommended for growing as a spray-type cut flower. Plants yield one cut per plant; each cut is a large spray of stems and flowers. The primary flower will be larger, surrounded by multiple slightly smaller blooms. Alternately, single stems can be harvested, although stem length will be shorter than when harvested as a one-cut spray type. White blooms open with a creamy center maturing to bright white. Fusarium tolerant.
How it grows
Germination
- Days to germ.
- 10–14 d
- Soil temp
- 65–72 °F
- Depth
- 0.125 in
- Light for germ
- light
Culture
- Days to maturity
- 105–120 dThis variety
- Spacing
- 6–12 in
- Height
- 28–36 in
- Sun
- Sun
- Frost
- No frost tolerance · to 32°F · tender
- Sow indoors
- Yes
- Outdoor / direct
- No
Harvest
- Cut stage
- Fresh–When outside florets begin to open. Dried–When blooms are fully open.
- Vase life
- 10–12 d
- Handling
- Place immediately in water or floral preservative.
Trials
Other Observations
Notes not filed against a sowing. Everything else sits with its trial above.
No loose observations — every note belongs to a sowing.
This variety’s year
Seed source
Johnny's Selected SeedsSown 2026-04-11 · 25 seedsGallery
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