Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Really end of summer blooms- September almost here, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Cat--
I can just tell you it is those :Non Stop" begonias that you can buy
in the spring. I believe these grow from a disc-shaped corm, which
you can dig up and save in a dormant state. You can look at it Friday.

Sally--
NO! I have never pinched the N.E, Aster. Should I?
It IS getting bigger and wider though. I think, maybe, sections of it could
be dug away in the spring and new plants started. Never done that either....
The root base is now approaching 2sf.
Pretty bloom in late fall when nothing much else is blooming.
Lots and lots of bees on it.

Karen--
on the begonias--that "pop of orange" is not there...it is an illusion bc the sun was
shining on it. You know--when sun hits blooms--they never look right.
I'll show you an earlier photo....

I don't know about growing NG from seed....I don't know if they even make seed...
It IS an impatiens--maybe cuttings would root in water?
I don't think they would do well indoors...those mushy stems.....

Happy---
I don't know the name of my Aster. I seldom pay attention to names of anything....
I got it end of season on clearance at a Nursery. A couple half-bare sticks in a pot...

I can tell you that it is quite tall--and the stems are semi-woody.
It is doing well in my YUK bed...so it must not care about dry soils...more power to it!!!

G.

--The begonias on my steps.
--The whole N.E. Aster. Those plants on either side of ir are B&B Salvias. BIG! No?
--This shot is from last year...2012