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I now what you are talking about - Short's aster is common around here and it has white to light purple flowers that make the hillsides glow at dawn and dusk.@@LostInThisGardenofLife
I love My asters. I have two species right now. The October skies right next to my front steps which a cute little rabbit has made its home during the day. We named the bunny Aster. Then I have another aster plant which I thought was a blue woods aster but I’m not so sure. It grew over 6 feet tall so o chopped it down to 3ish feet (next year I’ll go even lower). It’s struggling with barely any leaves but the bloom has been spectacular! (Maybe because it’s stressed?) It looks like a white flower cloud. It’s one of the most beautiful blooms I’ve ever seen! I got it from a native plant sale from a group I trust and it’s definitely an aster I’m just questioning the specific species. I am new to this and would absolutely love a video on them!
100%!!!! I have a couple clumps of established New England Aster that I'm collecting baggie after baggie of seed from this year. I'm planning on sowing a armful of pots with them in spring and hopefully show the neighborhood how easy native plant options are.
Great video! My mums come back strong here near Toronto, with 3 foot shrubs covered in blooms. I have no idea why, feels like I'm cheating the disposable mum system, especially in partial shade haha.
I've planted a few species of native asters. I'd like to learn more about them. They're beautiful. The one issue I've run into is that the rabbits tend to devour them. I've used deer and rabbit spray, but you have to use it every couple days, it smells awful, and it's not cheap.
Many of the asters are a preferred browse of deer and rabbits. We are covered up in deer but the asters still do well - they tend to bounce back when deer browse them. Rabbits like to cut them at the ground which is more of a problem.
@@BackyardEcology I'd call it more than browsing. I know that's the term that's used, but it seems funny to me - like they're shopping. Lol These rabbits are shoplifting my asters. I may have to put a little fence around the flower bed.
Do you think many asters in Michigan (first frost around Halloween here) have starting setting seed by now? This would be my first time gathering seeds but the local park and forest has a bunch of different type of blue and white asters.
I had several varieties of native asters in my pollinator garden, but unfortunately every spring/summer the rabbits eat them down to the ground before they ever get to flower. Are there any strategies for keeping asters from getting eaten?
Ours get browsed heavily but it never seems to hurt them, they just don't get as tall. About the only way to stop rabbits is fencing off the garden or caging individual plants that get the most browse damage.
I want to here more about Georgia asters. I live in Georgia 7b and apparently Georgia asters are endangered and I want to grow some if I can find them.
Georgia aster seed is available from several sources and it is easy to grow from seed. If you live in an area of Georgia that it is native to it would make a great addition to your pollinator garden. I would advise not to plant it outside of its known range (which I would advise with any native plant). It prefers dry rocky soils.
Would that the fall asters were more available where I live. The nearest big-box garden center stocks these perennials for a month at most. In contrast we see mums on the shelves from late August through Halloween.
Deer do tend to browse asters, some species far more than others, but most asters are quite resilient to it. The deer often top our New England asters but they bounce back from it.
