Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers - Part 2, 1 by frostweed

frostweed wrote:
This is a Fall blooming plant Heath Aster (Aster ericoides ) It is very common around the Metroplex area and I imagine many other places. The plant is not much to look at, but come October it bursts forth with tiny white flowers that cover it so completely that it seems to be covered with snow. It is beautiful next to the Purple asters and the Goldenrod.
This plant just appeared in my wildflower area for which I am most grateful.
Close up of the emerging plant, 2-15-05