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Aster novi-belgii
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New York Aster, Michaelmas Daisy |
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3-5 feet tall |
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Heads are 2 inches wide, crowded toward ends
of branches in corymbose clusters ray flowers
are usually violet-purple, ˝ inch long |
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Late summer to
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Alternate, lanceolate to broadly linear, to 5 inches
long, entire, sessile or auriculate clasping to the
stem. Upper leaf surface has a stiff pubescence while
the lower surface has softer hairs. |
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- 'Ada Ballard' - 36 inches, semidouble, lavender-blue flowers,
should be staked.
- 'Alert' - 12-15 inches, crimson red flowers.
- 'Alice Haslam' - 12-15 inches, double dark rose-pink flowers.
- 'Audrey' - 12 inches, lilac flowers.
- 'Bonningdale White' - 40 inches, white double flowers with a
yellow eye, late September flower
- 'Crimson Brocade' - 36 inches, crimson, semidouble flowers.
- 'Eventide' - 36 inches, semidouble violet blue flowers, 2 inches
wide.
- 'Jenny' - 12 inches, red flowers.
- 'Patricia Ballard' - 36 inches, double pink flowers.
- 'Peter Harrison' - 15-18 inches, pink flowers, profuse
bloomer.
- 'Professor Kippenberg' - 12-15 inches, lavender-blue
flowers.
- 'Red Star' - 15 inches, red flowers.
- 'Snow Flurry' - 18 inches, large white flowers.
- 'Snowball' - 10-12 inches, white flowers with yellow eyes.
- 'White Lady' - 5-6 feet, white flowers, will need support.
- 'Winston Churchill' - 24 inches, violet-red flowers with yellow
center.
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Note: The
term, Michaelmas Daisy, applies to several
species of tall asters that bloom during the
Feast of the Archangel Michael which is
celebrated chiefly in
England on September 29th. |
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