Tag: Aster

Twilight zone

Aster macrophylla ‘Twilight’  is proving its worth this season. Monsoon like downpours have characterised August and many herbaceous plants have bowed to the weight of the rain. Not…

A long time developing

Initially photographed on 26th June as the flower buds were emerging green from the heart of the plant it has taken a further five weeks for the colour…

A giant white Michaelmas daisy

Aster glehni var. glehni was collected in Japan in 2003 on the EJE expedition. This is a giant among the Asters, the very same genus that collects up…