Astra MONARCH is a beautiful and popular plant often found in gardens due to its ornamental value and hardiness. This variety is distinguished by lavender-blue petals that gently frame a golden center, creating a starfall effect with flowers up to 5 cm in diameter. Blooming lasts from August to October, allowing for a long enjoyment of the bright and saturated colors of the autumn garden. Astra MONARCH is drought-resistant and frost-hardy down to -34 degrees, making it an excellent choice for natural and mixed greening styles, especially when combined with hostas and conifers.
The plant reaches a height of about 75 cm and has an upright, columnar stem with moderate foliage. Leaves are elongated-oval and green, while the stems of medium strength carry about 10 double-flowered inflorescences of a lilac-raspberry shade with a diameter of approximately 7 cm. The inflorescences have a ligulate shape and medium density, giving the bush a neat and attractive appearance. Blooming is late, lasting about 50 days, and the variety is characterized by resistance to adverse weather conditions, fusarium, and cold tolerance.
Astra MONARCH is suitable both for growing in flower beds and for cutting for bouquets, where its double inflorescences maintain freshness in water for up to two weeks. Thanks to its decorative qualities and resistance to external influences, this variety will become a wonderful decoration for any garden and an excellent choice for creating bright autumn compositions.
