Rostrinucula dependens Asplenium (syn: Symphyotrichum elliottii) Aster elliottii

(syn: Symphyotrichum elliottii) Aster elliottii is a fabulous East Coast native aster

green leaves are topped in early fall with vivid

8' tall x 12' wide

the late David Salman

The bright

Rostrinucula dependens Asplenium (syn: Symphyotrichum elliottii) Aster elliottiiOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower