Aster

Description: Asteraceae

Newest Review: ... Other flowers with a similar flower us are dandelions or daisies. In fact the Aster flower looks very much like a daisy flower. Some asters are single flowers (one row of petals/sepals) other doubles (with 2 rows of petals /sepals) Asters flowers are commonly blue or lilac purple coloured sometimes red or pink and sometimes yellow or white. There is a wide variety of hues in these ... more

... colours. You can buy Aster plants from the garden centre or you can grow your own from seeds. Asters are a perennial plant flowering for several years. They like a well drained soil and a sunny position. I like asters as a lot of them are attractive to wi...more

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About Asters (345 words)
by - written on 09/01/08 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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Aster this word means Star in Greek, to me the name means a flower of the Asteraceae family. This flowering plant is frequently called michealmas daisy. I like to grow Asters in the back of my flower borders. Where they bloom in late summer early autumn. There are a large variety of Aster plants some growing as tall as 3 feet some more suited to the front of the border only growing 6 to 10 inches tall. Small asters are good in patio pots The aster flower is a composite flower this means that what we see as the yellow centre of the flower is in fact lots of little flowers, what we see as petals are actually sepals. Other flowers with a similar ... Read the complete review