Day 330: the fluffiness of asters

Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year

Of all the many reasons to grow asters (including Symphyotrichum, Eurybia and others too numerous or nerdy to mention just now), their fluffy button-ness rarely gets a mention. But after the late summer display which endears these floriferous daisies to so many of us – and providing the dreaded mildew has kept away – the seedheads form, gracing our borders and beds with so many tiny buff-coloured pompoms speckled with seeds – each a tighter, more compressed version of a dandelion clock. Cutting back at this stage would be a joyless act of criminality – leave for the frost, the critters and the birds, and enjoy a while longer.


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