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- Dive into the world of asters and aster species
- The most famous spring asters - the Bergaster and the early summer Aster
- Popular varieties of summer asters
- 3 major autumn asters
- Less known asters - insider tips
- Tips
Asters are available in many different colors and varieties
Dive into the world of asters and aster species
You want to plant asters in your garden? Then it can be quite difficult to decide among the many species and varieties on the market. Here are some tips!
The most famous spring asters - the Bergaster and the early summer Aster
The aster species that bloom in spring include the Alpine Aster and early summer Aster. Both aster species are rather small with 20 to 30 cm, but have large leaves. They bloom from May to June.
How about the Vorsommer-Aster, Wartburgstern or Leuchtenburg? The former has blue purple flowers and second violet flowers. Recommended varieties of the Alpen-Aster, however, are:
Popular varieties of summer asters
The summer asters bloom from July. The Goldhair Aster and the Berg-Aster are popular. The gold-hair aster looks rather untypical for asters. Its flowers are sun-like, bright golden yellow and spherical.
Here are some popular mountain aster species (also known as lime asters):
3 major autumn asters
Rich in flowering and valuable for the bee world - these are the autumn asters. Among them, the cushion, the smooth blade and the Raublattaster important. Popular varieties of cushion pillows:
The Raublattaster is considered less robust than the smooth blade. It convinces with flowers in different colors - from red, over pink, blue, purple to white. For example, the varieties 'Remembrance of Paul Gerber', 'Barr's Pink', 'Autumn Snow' and 'Violetta' are well known.
The Glattblattaster gitl as the most important species. Their flowers are either pink or blue. It grows loosely horstartig and can protrude up to 1.40 m high. Here to heart to be planted varieties: 'sea of flowers', 'permanent blue', 'Karminkuppel' and 'pink pearl'.
Less known asters - insider tips
Less well-known, yet pretty to look at their location, are:
Tips
How about reserving a whole bed for asters? Just plant a colorful mix of spring, summer and autumn asters! So you enjoy the flowers all year round.