Starwort, Michaelmas Daisy

Starwort, Michaelmas Daisy (Aster) - Hardy perennial plants. There is a quiet beauty about the more select Starworts, which is charming in the autumn days, and their variety of color, of form, and of bud and blossom is delightful. For the most part Starworts are regardless of cold or rain. Even where not introduced into the flower garden, they should always be grown for cutting; and they are excellent for forming bold groups to cover the bare ground among newly-planted shrubs. Nothing can be more easy to cultivate. The essential point is to get the distinct kinds, of which the following are amongst the best that flower in early October:—Aster amellus, acris, cassubicus, turbinellus, Chapmani, versicolor, pulchellus, cordifolius, elegans, Reevesi, discolor, laxus, horizontalis, ericoides, Shorti, multiflorus, dumosus, Curtisi, laevis, longifolius, coccineus, sericeus, Nova-Anglae, Novo-Belgii, puniceus, and vimineus. Every year adds to our autumn-blooming hardy plants, and a choice of Starworts may be made by autumn visits to collections.

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