Spode's Aster dates back to about 1832 when it was known as Chinese Plants and was often produced as a plain print in blue. The border is of two interlacing plants, a chrysanthemum, or aster, and a periwinkle. An early pattern number is B312 (c1832) decorated underglaze. There is another early 19th century version with pattern number 5216 (c1833) which was decorated on-glaze.

Pattern number 2/8130 was introduced in about 1926 when the pattern was known as Aster. This version was printed in pink and coloured underglaze. Another version printed in grey and coloured lime green has pattern number S3168 and was introduced in about 1956.

The pattern was on Gadroon shape.

Spode's Aster was withdrawn in the mid 1980s but reintroduced in the late 1990s as part of The Blue Room Collection.