Lovely, isn't it?
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
My Blue Nemisis
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster. It is six feet tall until it falls over and blooms. Then it becomes six feet wide. It is a real pain.
Lovely, isn't it?
Lovely, isn't it?
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It's pretty but I couldn't deal with the it being so high.
Ooops, need to proof read better.
Should have left out "the".
Pretty but I don't have to deal with it. Sounds like I should be thankful.
Should be covered with pollinators, especially native bees and butterflies, if my asters are anything to judge by. I love asters, even when they aren't the neatest and easiest of plants to confine. (By the way, aromatic aster, Aster oblongifolius, stays much shorter and does beautifully for me here. It also did well in Mobile, when we lived there, so maybe it would be an option for you to use in place of New England aster in North Carolina.)
I need something that pretty to take over or nearly take over.
Lola this aster is way to big and aggressive.
Lisa my New England Aster is a monster compared the the store bought kind. Frances gave me one of hers that is one quarter the size.
Gaia I have more aster species than I can count. When I yank the New England, three other shorter aster species will fill in.
Sallysmom. Want some seed?
At least it blooms. I have tried many times to bring our California native version of this plant into my garden with unfortunate results. It spreads vigorously underground, sucks up soil nutrients, sends foliage up everywhere and then never flowers. The native version is not good in pampered gardens, I guess. I have a nursery cultivar now, doing well. Tall is good for me.
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