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Aster Roots - Description
- Pack of Aster Roots
- AKA Michaelmass Daisies or New York Aster
- Species: Alpinus Blue
- Variety: ‘Blue'
- Qty: 1 Root Per Pack
- Type: Root Division
- Final Height: 30cm
- Spread: 30cm
- Flower: Semi Double, Daisy Like Flowers
- Colour: Lavender Blue Petals
- In Bloom: Late Summer Into Late Autumn
- Dwarf Aster
- These are Young Bulbs, so May not Flower in Their First Year
Aster Roots - Uses
- Asters are a great plant for any garden
- These small Asters stay neat & compact so ideal for front of borders
- Great in a low maintenance garden
- Asters are popular for their excellent floral displays
- Clump forming plants give structure to herbaceous borders
- Use as an in-filler between larger shrubs
- Sometimes used to form a low hedge
- Suitable for cut flower garden
- Suited to alpine gardens & rockeries
- Blue Aster companion plants: Dahlias, Lupins, Echinacea, Pennisetum Hameln or other grasses
Aster Roots - How to Sow
- Allows best to start your bulbs indoors, in a greenhouse or polytunnel
- Grow in large pots (5L or bigger)
- Once shoots are 10cm in height you can move out into the garden
- Likes full sun
- Soil: Most soil types
- Sowing Depth: Approx. 10cm deep
- Water well before & after planting
- Ensure plants don't dry out in drought periods
- Divide clumps in Autumn after flowers have faded every 3 or 4 years
- Plants will last many years
- Cut back once all flowers have faded
- Cut down to ground levelNote
- Very Important: Roots need to be kept moist at all times
- Plant as soon as your parcel arrives, or keep moist by storing in damp newspaper
- Soak again before planting & water in well after planting
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