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'Soufflé Light Pink' China Aster | Johnny's Selected Seeds
We have an exciting new addition to our aster assortment. This variety is 'Soufflé Light Pink', and it stood out in our trials for a few different reasons: for the color, for the earliness, and also just for the vigor and general uniformity of the variety.
In terms of color, 'Soufflé Light Pink' is a very pale, delicate blush pink. There can be a little bit of a range, from an icy, cooler pink to a warmer blush. And they have a sturdy upright, branching habit, so each plant will produce multiple double flowering blooms.
Another thing that stood out in trials for us was the earliness of this variety, so after seeing this variety in our trials for several years, it is consistently the earliest double-flowering aster to bloom. That's a really nice benefit of this variety.
We're also impressed by the overall vigor and health of this variety over several years of trialing. It seems to hold up really well to a lot of the typical pests and disease pressure that we'll often see in our aster trials.
Again, this variety is 'Soufflé Light Pink', and we're excited to offer this new addition to the assortment because of the color, the earliness, and the vigor and the uniformity of this variety.