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Our gardening grandparents may have known Asters as 'Starflowers', New England asters, or Michaelmas daisies. 'Aster' in Latin means 'star', they do thrive in New England (and quite nearly everywhere else), and Michaelmas Day comes at the peak of Aster bloom season. No wonder people get confused about this large family of mostly perennial plants. Over 200 species of Asters are native to both North America and Europe; transatlantic transplants began as early as the 1600s. Natives to both worlds and hybrids between them have earned their reputations as reliable garden stalwarts.

Asters belong in every garden, large or small, wild or well manicured, from windswept northern prairies to sunny subtropics. They can lend a blowsy cottage effect or form a crisply neat edging. All produce distinctive flowers, and attract butterflies across an incredibly wide range of plant sizes and habits. The leafy, multibranched plants reach from 6" to 7' tall, depending on variety. Fine textured flowers have silky, slender rays in purple shades, white, and even red surrounding red or orange disks. Their current popularity owes to recent wider availability of both the natives and hybrid varieties. One or more will be perfect for your garden.

All asters prefer full sun when grown north of Zone 7 and at least 6 hours of sun in zones 7-9. Give them good drainage and uncrowded growing conditions; soggy winters damage the crown and inadequate air circulation can lead to leaf diseases. Plant them so the crown breaks the soil surface, mulch around but not over it, and space as the variety demands to circumvent these problems. Any good garden soil will sustain asters, but extended drought reduces flowers and plant vigor. Keep the base of the crown mulched and gently work decaying mulch into the soil for continuous feeding.