This is what our wildflower slope looks like right now.
Asters are so beautifu!
#2 with Autumn Sage, Heath Aster and some Goldenrod.
#3 with a some Butterfly flower.
#4 with Heath Aster.
i really love it with that white aster
#5 with Autumn Sage.
And #6 pure Aster oblongifolium without distractions.
I love those wildflowers!
Josephine.
This message was edited Oct 25, 2005 3:49 PM
Oh, Josephine, they are so pretty! I remember seeing the slope when there were little bitty buds, just the promise of all these flowers. It's a spectacular show!
Like Vossner, I think the white aster mixed in looks especially pretty.
Thank you, both of you. You know Mary, the Asters are making quite a splash and all the passerby want to know what they are, which gives me a great opportunity to put in a word for native plants.
There is no better way to win people over than showing them how lovely it can be.
Josephine.
Josephine....the pictures are beautiful..yours seem to have a lot more vibrant color than mine (before the frost)....I wonder if they are a different variety, mine just came naturally with the land here, they are maybe waist high ...yours seem from the pictures to hug the ground more......how tall do they get where you have them?
Jackie
Jackie, as I am sure you know there are many native Asters, and it is possible thar yours are a different kind.
Mine are called many popular names, Fall aster, Purple aster, Aromatic aster, and probably a few more, but the scientific name is, get your tonge ready, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium,
Yes, even scientific names get changed, which makes it even more confusing, that is actually the official name on Dave's PF.
These asters get about three feet tall, and the foliage has a very nice aroma. They get top heavy and fall over, that is why they look lower. But they are amazing, and very reliable bloomers.
Josephine.
This message was edited Oct 27, 2005 10:15 AM
welllllllllll they are indeed beautiful.......I am working outside mostly today.......taking down the frosted vines from the trellis, actually things around here probably needed some thinning out....it is a beautiful sunny day, filled with promises.......
jackie.
frostweed,
The scent is magnificient from here (lol) as is the color. Since it is native, did you use seed to get started? Thanks bunches.
carol
well, I been plant scouting and found some aster that wasn't frosted......while I find it precious, it hardly compares with the variety that you have.the tiny little blooms are only about 1/4 inch across and a verrrry light blue
Dear Carol, I started with two potted plants that I divided and rooted cuttings from, and now I have quite a large ammount of them.
I probably would love to have my entire slope dedicated to them, but I would hate to have no flowers untill October, so I have to settle for giving them some of the space.
I have never collected the seed, because they are so easy to propagate by cuttings and division, and a lot faster that way too.
Josephine.
Jackie, It is hard to tell which type of Aster you might have at your place. I am not an expert on them, and looking at a picture it is hard to see all tha details about the plant. But since you have it there and can look at it closely, you could go to this address, and type in the word Aster in the common name box, and it will show you quite a few natives asters, then you might be able to identify it.
http://www.wildflower2.org/NPIN/Plants/plant.html
I will pot some of these for you too, and have them ready for the Texoma RU in the Spring.
I checked it out looks like what I have is commonly called a bog aster...that makes sense, I usually find them growing around the pond edges.......
you are, as I suspected all along, a sweetheart..
I will be pleased to have a start from that blue beauty of yours...thanks
Mine looks just as nice this year Josephine....must really be the year for them. Makes it worth the endless wait for them to bloom huh? Now if my cigar plant would just start blooming........it's really late this year but it is healthy and five foot tall!