A mixture of Purple Fall Aster, Symphyotricum oblongifolium,
and the White Heath Aster, Symphytricum ericoides, with a little Goldenrod mixed in.
All are perennials, very easy to grow, and they are show stoppers.
The Beautiful Texas Native Asters.
Another shot of the same.
A closer view of Heath Aster.
A close look at Purple Fall Aster.
And a close look at very lovely little aster that has been put on the endangered list.
Willowleaf Aster, Symphyotricum praealtum, I will try to propagate this one, so it doesn't disappear.
A comparison of Willowleaf Aster, and Purple Aster, you can see how small and adorable t is.
Beautiful,....absolutely....such a beautiful, living bouquet!
Thank you Josephine!
yes definatly need to keep that one in the plant change.
Josephine, thanks for posting the pics. They're lovely. Oh, and I think I finally won the battle with the mealy bugs!!!
Well, that is great, I hope you didn't loose any plants to them.
How pretty the combination of the 2 asters and the goldenrod is.
I never thought of combining those three but I am certainly going to try..I have them individually all over..Should I try and transplant or use seeds?
Lynn
Josephine, very pretty combination!
Lynn, I like transplanting because that way you can control better where you put them, plus you get results quicker.
I love the Asters and the Goldenrod, they bloom at a time when not much else is blooming.
The Heath aster has such tiny flowers, but they are so profuse, it looks like it is covered with snow, and the Willowleaf aster is also tiny, but they are such a lovely color, this is my second year to grow it, and i love it.
Of course these are just 3 of the 46 native asters that I counted on my list, and I would love to have them all.
We are so lucky to have such rich heritage of native flora, I never get tired of exploring, it is all such an adventure.
Thank you all for appreiciating the beauty of the little ones, they deserve to be admired more often.
Josephine.
Do I transplant in Spring or Fall or Winter ?
Lynn
After the plants go dormant would be a great time, I hope it all turns out great for you.
Josephine.
Josephine,
I don't remember if I saw the Willowleaf aster in more than one place in your slope. I am just curious if the transplants spread or not over this last spring.
At the old house, I noticed that when they came back from the roots the second year ('05), it was not in the original place. I had about 25 shooting up from runners all over the bed from one original plant, but they were all at least 6 inches away from the original plant. (That's where I got yours from - those runners) It seemed so aggressive so it's surprising that it is now a threatened plant. I should have dug some up, but when potting stuff up, I assumed I would be moving in a house without a good place to let them be free.
We moved out at the end of February, so I am not sure how the plant acted in '06 spring. The people who bought the house replaced all the garden beds with grass. (I wish I would have brought everything with me instead of leaving stuff for them).
Don't worry Stacey, I can give you a start in the Spring, I an going to pot some cuttings this fall and see how it works.
As far as spreading, since the place i have thein on has so many plants, it is hard to tell, but I do have more plants this year that last year. They are so cute, I love them.
Josephine.
beautiful, Josephine.. :)
Melanie
I think I have the same ones that you do, Josephine. I brought bouquets of blooms to the NPSOT symposium in S.A. the last two days. The Maximilian Sunflowers are really showy along the roads out here right now...at least, where they haven't been mowed down.
Yes, we saw the maximillians when we came for the swap, and they were gorgeous, whole fields of them, I had never seen so many together.
Josephine.