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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 09:45:00 AM
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I have lavender wild asters blooming all around my house and in my rose garden. They bloom without fail the last week of September and I love them! They are called MichaelMass Daisy because they bloom around the feast of the archangel Michael on Sept.29th. They look like little lavender stars.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 09:54:41 AM
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I have those asters too, Meadowlark. They are so pretty... I need to divide them and spread them out. It's like summer's last hurrah! 
May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. ~~Apache Blessing
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Mari-dahlia
True Blue Farmgirl
269 Posts
Marianne
Hoosick Falls
New York
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 12:07:22 PM
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| I was out shopping for clothes last week and was shocked by the color combinations. Scarlet, orange and purples. Then on my drive home I saw it. The red of the virginia creeper and the bright oranges & red of sumak and making the grand finally the asters. All the colors together on the sides of the road. |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 12:25:44 PM
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I have the Asters too! I divided mine last year and have them in about ten places now. They are blooming amid my perrenial sunflowers and purple obedience plants with the fall maple leaves and sumac to bring in the other pallette. Marianne the colors are spectacular.
Eileen
Songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 08:54:50 AM
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Here's a link to an interesting article on asters from this weekend's paper. Interesting to note that the taxonomists "with the powers" are planning to rename asters at some point in the future! Anyway, a good aster reference here:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/245296_autumn22.html
May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. ~~Apache Blessing
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 11:34:11 AM
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I have them too! The group planted in my front yard are about 4'tall. They are dwarfed by the ones in my back yard (which get way more sun), they are at leat 6' tall...if they were all upright. We've had some wind and they are more "horizontal", but still beautiful. I never new how they got their name. Thanks for the info.
Sharon
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