Mid-Atlantic Gardening: After event questions and answers and chatting 2, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jill--Paul--Happy--Karen---Nisi------

OH MY!!! OH MY!!!!--I owe you all an apology!!!!! Though-it is NOT my fault!

All of you that got the "Purple Aster" from me at the Swap--by now should see that it is NOT an Aster at all.
It IS pretty---it IS purple----but--WHAT IS IT????? It IS a perennial, that much I know.

My Pakistani neighbor (Samirah) assured me it is an Aster--or, perhaps, through her lack of English, I assumed
that she was saying that it is. She often agrees with me--when she does not, completely, understand....
One could say--this was all "Lost in translation".......:o(

SO--I am SOOOO sorry!!!! I know you all will know what it is--but I do not. Something like "Penstemon"????
I thought it was odd that it was growing so fast....Asters are not so wispy either....

it is starting to bloom. Here are some pictures. They ARE pretty!

1--My neighbor's "Aster" bush--she keeps moving it around.
Seems it has found a good place for it on the driveway side of the house.

2--The blooms close-up???????? Should look pretty when ALL the stems are in bloom...

3--MY "Aster"--that I planted in the corner of my YUK bed...

4--My neighbor's "Aster" that he planted in his corned bed right behind my Bird Bath.

Gita