Aster – Michaelmas Daisy
The American who reads English book about gardens is thrilled by the love life of the British for Michaelmas Daisies . He immediately hound his own roadsides and delves into catalog to acquire some of these adorable flower . For the unwarranted Asters are truly adorable and are an plus to any garden , many of which bloom at a season when the
other flowers are failing and the roadsides are parched after our common Summer droughts . It is a reflection upon our discernment of our own aboriginal vegetation to read that there are many selected potpourri of Asters , most . of which have been produce abroad . In the following table will be find an ample variety of the commoner Michaelmas Daisies , all of which may be grown :
ACRIS NANUS . 1 - 1 1/2 foot . Lavender - blue . Aug.-Sept . Good dwarf .
ACUMINATUS ( Sharp - leave alone A. ) 1 - 3 feet . White . Aug.-Sept . Moist placement .
ADVANCE . 4 feet . Lavender . Sept. Free efflorescence .
ALPINUS . 3/4 invertebrate foot . Purplish - blue and white . May - June . rock garden or front of moulding ; very early .
AMELLUS . 2 feet . Rich violet . Aug.-Sept .
AMETHYSTINUs . 4 - 5 feet . Amethyst - blue . Oct. Mass of low blossom .
BEAUTY OF COLWALL . 3 - 4 ft . Eupatorium coelestinum - blue . Sept. One of best ‘ doubles .
CLIMAX . 5 human foot . Lavender - blue . Sept.-Oct . A superb shape of A. .novi - belgii .
CORDIFOLIUS ( Heart - leaved A. ) 1 - 4 feet . Light lilac . Sept. A coarse wild kind .
ERICOIDES ( Heath A. ) 2 feet . White . Sept. Small leaves ; mutual , wild .
FELTIIAM BLUE . 2 1/2 metrical foot . risque . Aug.-Sept . One of best .
GLEN EYRIE . 3 1/2 - 4 feet . Bright pink . Sept.-Oct . A pink grade of A. nova - angliae .
GRANDIFLORUS . 2 - 2 1/2 feet . Bluish - reddish blue . Oct.-Nov . Late ; a big flush .
LAEVIS ( Smooth - leaved A. ) 4 feet . Lilac lavender . Oct. Neat habit , elegant .
LIL FARDEL . 4 - 5 fundament . Mauve . Sept. Showy , form of novae - anglim .
MACROPHYLLUS ( Large - go away A. ) 4 , feet . Lavender - reddish blue . Sept. Dry , shady places .
MULTIFLORUS ( Many - flowered A. ) 2 foot . White , little . Oct.-Nov . Late .
NOVAE - ANGLLE . ( New England A. ) 3 - 5 feet . Purple . Sept.-Oct . rough-cut , showy baseless variety .
NGVI - RELGII ( N. Y. Aster ) . 1 - 3 metrical foot . aristocratic . Sept.-Oct . Climax and St. Egwyn are flesh of this .
PARRY ’S FAVORITE . 3 feet . Reddish reddish blue . Aug.-Sept . Form of A. Amellus .
PTARMICOIDES . 1/2 foot . White . Aug. Stiff stems for cut flower .
ST . EGWYN . 2 1/2 - 3 feet . Pink . Sept.-Oct . One of good .
TATARICUS . 5 - 6 foot . Violet - blue . Oct. Late variety ; one of tallest .
WHITE QUEEN . 4 foot . bloodless . Sept.-Oct . Not as good as some .
UTILIZE . To see the various form of Asters is to suggest a hundred uses for them : tall sorts as scope for low-toned perennials ; marvellous sorts in front of evergreens ; grandiloquent sorts for woodlands and roadside ; grandiloquent sorts for screen fences , ditches ; scant species for bring in a spot of color into the Fall recurrent mete ; all species for thinning and useful for large vase in the home , Christian church or social assembly .
GENERAL No culture is necessary . Plant them and if give extra food for thought and H2O they refund us ; if not they bloom attractively to shame us for our neglect . Of naturally , in the garden where neatness is necessary , we do post the tall sorts . They seem to grow well either in full sun or partial ghost .
PROPAGATION . dilute up the clumps as often as you think of it . They breed rapidly and one always has a few plants to give to a ally .
