Seasonal Blue Frikartii Aster

Aster flower meaning is bound up with patience, a flower that blooms longer than nearly any other and refuses to be rushed into an early finish by anyone. In Japan, the changing of seasons isn't a weather note; it's treated as an event worth stopping for, and the Frikartii Aster found a place where nobody asked it to hurry along. Seasonal Blue captures exactly that unhurried quality, cooler and more contemplative than a typical aster purple ever manages. A going away gift benefits from a flower that doesn't wilt on the way out the door or during a cross-country move. At 3.7 inches diameter, this piece keeps its color and shape indefinitely, with nothing to replant at the other end. Norfolk Botanical Garden has cultivated long-blooming perennials for generations, the same patience this aster was built to represent. It has been here ever since, and it isn't going anywhere now either.