If you want your plot to be as beautiful in the fall as it is in the summer season, be sure to plant asters. There are dozens of varieties of asters, the best of which are used for cutting, composing and original herbariums. No special conditions are required to grow aster flowers.: they grow well in any soil and easily tolerate partial shade.
How to propagate asters, how and when to plant flowers by seeds
These are the most popular flowers of the second half of summer and autumn. Prized for their exceptional durability when cut. Under normal room conditions, they are stored in water for 2-3 weeks.
How can you breed asters in your garden? Reproduction of plants is carried out by sowing seeds in the ground and seedlings.
Aster seeds, when stored in room conditions, lose their germination after 2 years. When stored in the refrigerator, their viability increases significantly.
Before planting asters, they are immersed for 30 minutes in a three-day infusion of calendula seeds (1 tablespoon per 100 ml of water). Spraying with such an infusion flower crops protects them from pests and diseases.
When should you plant asters seeds for growing seedlings? Planting material sown in early March. Mass seedlings appear on the 6-7th day. For germination, the most favorable temperature is + 18 ... 20 ° С, and + 15 ... 16 ° С is enough for normal seedling growth.
How to grow asters outdoors? Seedlings are planted in late April-May. On flower beds, the distance between plants is 15-25 cm, depending on the variety (low-growing border varieties are planted denser).
Aster can be sown in the ground before winter, as well as in early spring on an area prepared in autumn. Manure for asters is not applied, but they give a sufficient amount of mineral fertilizers (up to 80 g per 1 m2 of flower garden).
Planting, care and growing conditions for asters from seeds (with photo)
This page contains photos of planting and caring for asters, as well as recommendations for creating conditions for successful plant growth.
Aster is a light-loving plant. It is undemanding to the soil, but it grows better on black earth or sandy loam and loamy soils.
In hot and dry weather, the doubleness of the inflorescences decreases and the number of set seeds decreases.
How to care for asters to ensure long blooming? Plants tolerate small spring and autumn frosts well (-4 ... -5 ° С). When growing and caring for asters, they need to be regularly watered, weeded, loosened, and dealt with pests and diseases.
Flowering occurs 3.5-4 months after sowing and continues until severe frosts. A single inflorescence blooms for 20-40 days. Seeds ripen 35-40 days after the beginning of flowering. There are 300-500 of them in 1 g.
When planting and caring for asters, remember that these plants are cross-pollinated, therefore, to maintain the variety, spatial isolation is necessary, at least 5-10 m.
The variety of colors and shapes of inflorescences, different heights and shapes of the bush make it possible to widely use asters in the flower decoration of garden, dacha and personal plotsas well as growing as a pot and cut crop.
Having created the necessary conditions for growing asters, remember that flowers cannot be cut immediately after watering: the petals will quickly rot and lose their decorative effect.
Fusarium is a threat to asters. The disease of asters will be significantly reduced if garlic is planted among them. Against fusarium wilting of asters, it is effective to grow them next to and.
What are asters and what they look like
What does the aster flower look like, and what varieties are recommended for growing in the middle lane?
By plant height, asters are distinguished high (50-75 cm), semi-high (30-50 cm) and low (15-20 cm); in shape - columnar, weakly branched - shoots of the first order are directed upward at an acute angle (20-25 °), spreading - the angle of origin of shoots of the first order is 50-60 °; bouquet - a highly branched bush with numerous flowering shoots of the second and third orders, the inflorescences bloom on them almost simultaneously, which gives the bush the shape of a bouquet; hemispherical - the height of the bush is less than the diameter.
Have different groups aster inflorescences in size range from 3-4 to 15 cm. In shape, they are spherical, radiant, needle-like; according to the structure of flowers - peony, pink, chrysanthemum.
Among the asters there are varieties of a wide variety of colors - from white to dark red, from blue to dark purple.
What are the asters and what is their feature? Below are photos of the best varieties of asters and their descriptions:
"Camelot" (white) - a new variety series of English selection with exceptional decorative qualities.
Asters of this group form dense, low, about 25-30 cm, pyramidal-type bushes. The flowers are of the original structure, very large, 12-14 cm in diameter. Plants form 10-14 flowers. Unlike other large-flowered groups, "Camelot" looks great in flower beds and is not afraid of rain. A distinctive feature of the "Camelot" group is its versatility, border casing.
"Bullfight" (carmine) - a new variety series of tall, up to 80 cm, large-flowered cut asters.
Asters of this group are also good for group plantings. Plants form up to 10-15 large flowers on strong peduncles. A distinctive feature is the exceptional quality of the huge inflorescences. Good rain resistance and shearing properties.
Shanghai Rose (blue) - giant cut aster, intermediate in type between peony and "Princess". Plant height 60-80 cm. Forms double bicolor inflorescences of extraordinary size and shape.
"Don Juan" (group "Matador") - asters of the new Matador series, a unique, patented selection of cut asters.
They have an unusual shape, as the parent forms are potentially different types - peony and "Princess", and extremely large flower sizes (up to 18-20 cm in diameter). The plant is tall, powerful (80-100 cm), branching is from the bottom. The buds are laid early, but it takes a significant (up to three weeks) time for the flower to fully develop. Plants are demanding to care for and show everything inherent qualities only under optimal conditions.
Lady Coral White. A fundamentally new, spectacular aster range. Vigorous plants 60-70 cm in height form a variety of magnificent double flowers. The flowers are large - 12-16 cm in diameter.
An important feature of the series is the exceptional density of inflorescences, the flowers are so large that they practically do not suffer from rain and can stand in cut for a very long time. The purpose is universal - they look great in flower beds and are gorgeous. The series has no analogues among other groups of asters and is presented on the world market for the first time.
"Old Castle" (gold) - is a continuation of the breeding of this variety type.
Annual work in the area of \u200b\u200bimprovement of the Stary Zamok group has made it possible to obtain varieties with more stable properties than the previous varieties of this series. It was possible to radically improve the evenness of flowers, significantly increase the decorativeness of plants, and achieve a stable large-flowered group. Asters of the "Old Castle" group form a typical pyramidal bush 60-70 cm high. The bush gives up to 10-12 strong peduncles with flowers up to 8-10 cm in diameter. The main purpose of the group is cutting, they are also good in group plantings.
Astra "Russian size 1" ("Topaz", "Pearl", "Tourmaline", "Aquamarine" and their mixture) - with the largest inflorescences among needle asters. Bloom from mid-summer to late autumn.
Asters are among the most famous garden flowers. They bloom beautifully, have a large variety of varieties and shapes, retain their decorative effect in the open field for a long time and look great in bouquets. Among the ancient Greeks, asters were a lucky charm, so they landed in front of a temple or house. The flower was dedicated to Aphrodite, who personified beauty and unfading youth.
Types, varieties and photos of perennial asters
Flowers belong to herbaceous perennials and, depending on the species, differ in the height of the bush and the shape of the leaves. Plants have mainly needle-like flowers, which are inflorescences - baskets. Flowers consist of tubular, yellow small central flowers and brightly colored reed marginal flowers.
Among perennial crops, autumn flowering varieties are very much appreciated, which decorate the garden preparing for winter with their outfits. The height of their bushes and colors are very diverse.... Plants blooming in summer are rarely used, since in decorativeness they lose to other flowers.
Perennial asters are suitable not only for planting in flower beds and flower beds, rockeries and alpine slides are decorated with dwarf varieties.
Popular types
The most famous are the New Belgian asters, the height of the bushes of which can reach from 30 to 150 cm.The dwarf varieties decorate alpine slides, rockeries and borders, and tall plants are used to decorate autumn flower beds and flower beds... The size of perennial inflorescences is about 3 mm. It blooms from early September until frost. The most popular varieties of New Belgian (Virginian) asters:
- Oktoberfest;
- Elephant;
- Weiser;
- Violet;
- Mount Everest;
- Beachwood Rivel;
- Herbert Wunder;
- Ada Ballard.
New England (American) asters grow even taller than Belgian asters, and are distinguished by a lush and dense bush with large leaves and flowers. In September, a large number of inflorescences with a diameter of 3 to 4 cm are formed on the bushes, which can have a deep red, blue-pink, dark lilac, blue, dark purple, pink, blue color. Flowering continues until frost. The most famous varieties are:
- Constgans;
- Rubishats;
- Bars Pink.
Italian asters are medium-sized bushes that can be between 60 and 70 cm in height. Their large inflorescences with a diameter of 4-5 cm begin to bloom in July... The varieties of this species are most often represented by flowers of pink, violet-blue, blue, lavender, lilac or lilac color. The following varieties can be noted:
- Dwarf;
- Herman Lena;
- Rose flower;
- Heinrich Seibert;
- Thomson;
- Freakart.
Dwarf asters - varieties, photo
Plants are shrubs with creeping stems, inconspicuous small leaves and large flowers of bright colors. They are used to decorate rockeries, borders, alpine slides.
Alpine asters grow up to 10-40 cm and bloom with single flowers of dark purple, red-pink, dark purple, dark blue, white or pink. Their flowers can be both small and large. Alpine aster varieties:
Low-growing Tibetan and Natalenian asters are less common in gardens. Both species have blue flowers, however, Tibetan asters bloom most profusely. Anderson's dwarf plant grows only 5-8 cm in height and is the most undersized aster... Blooms with purple inflorescences.
Name, description and photo of annual aster flowers
The annual Chinese aster is one of the most popular summer and fall blooming plants. Currently there are more than six hundred varieties of asters of this species, which differ in the height of the bushes and the shape and color of the inflorescences. They can be plain, double or semi-double.
By flower shape annual plants may be:
- needle-like;
- chrysonetemum;
- pompom;
- spherical;
- peony;
- pinkish.
The following varieties of Chinese aster are most popular:
- Variety "Galaxy" is a bush in the form of a bouquet up to 70 cm high. It can consist of twenty branches, each of which forms double needle-like inflorescences with a diameter of 10 cm. It blooms in July and August with flowers that can be of very different shades. They are a good decoration for flower beds, and after cutting they stand in vases for a long time.
- Roseanne variety refers to peony plants. Weakly branched columnar shrub grows up to 65 cm in height. On one bush, about ten densely double inflorescences are formed with petals bent in the middle and tightly pressed. Pink flowers look very delicate in a flower bed and are suitable for making bouquets.
- Variety "Dwarf" is also a peony aster. A compact bush 25-35 cm high was brought from Western Europe... It is distinguished by white inflorescences with a diameter of 5-7 cm, which form peduncles 15 cm long. It blooms for a long time and abundantly. The variety is suitable for decorating flower beds, flower beds. Flowers planted in boxes or pots decorate balconies.
- Rosa turm variety refers to peony plants. It is a tall columnar shrub, the height of which can be up to 80 cm. It is distinguished by dark green leaves and strong peduncles, of which up to 25 pieces can form on one plant. Hemispherical strongly double flowers have a lilac color and a diameter of up to 12 cm. It blooms for about two months from mid-July.
- Variety "Dragon" refers to the average types of asters. The plant is up to 70 cm high and has large flowers the size of a saucer. Their navicular petals are coquettishly curved and can be ruby, purple-neon, snowy or ivory.
- Variety "Symphony" It is a plant up to 100 cm high. It features oval green leaves and very large peduncles up to 60 cm long. The terry spherical inflorescence consists of red-purple flowers with a white border, up to 9 cm in diameter. It blooms profusely and looks beautiful in a flower garden and is recommended for cutting.
Popular varieties of asters, photo:
In a garden or summer cottage, asters look good both in single and group plantings. In compositions, they can be planted next to dahlias, phloxes, antirrinums, zinnias. Asters are applicable for almost all occasions. They are used to decorate balconies, flower beds, alpine slides, rabatki, curbs, mikboxers. Plants are also suitable for making beautiful bouquets.
Perennial shrub aster, cushion, border, undersized. (Morozko, Morozets).
Latin name Aster dumosus
Perennial rhizome herbaceous or semi-shrub plant with horizontally branched rhizome. Stems 25-30 cm tall
Unpretentious plant. The main condition for successful cultivation is to provide a well-permeable alkaline soil containing calcium and a sunny location.
Blooms very profusely from late August to frost.
Flowers 4-6 cm in diameter. Color: lilac.
Winters in the garden, without shelter.
Very light-loving plant.
Creates a bright holiday when everything has already faded. It grows in one place without transplanting for 5-6 years.
Aster is propagated by dividing the bushes in the spring.
Sowing in May-June in open ground or in a greenhouse for seedlings.
Nuances:
If grows perennial asters there are several things to consider through sowing.
Young plants grown from seeds bloom only after 1-2 years.
Seeds lose their germination very quickly. It is better to sow fresh seeds just before winter and transfer them to a permanent place with 2-3 true leaves in spring.
It is better to buy seeds in foil bags, although this does not always guarantee their germination. I have not entered even once.
It is worth planting 2-3 buds with a ribbon, then from the same season you will get a thick border.
You can transplant at any time from April to October.
Unpretentious, responsive to watering and feeding, but if not, it will cost:)
It grows rather quickly, the border becomes 2 times wider per season.
Aster perfectly transplants and takes root. Even the most unsightly root piece can result in a beautiful and healthy plant.
What is this aster good for?
Curbs in sunny areas. This aster is quite drought-resistant.
She can perfectly cheat:) paths, tree-trunk circles of trees and shrubs, a flower bed, borders of lawns and playgrounds, recreation areas, etc.
Good for group landings.
It blooms violently in the fall, with a solid purple cap, complements the autumn bloom of the garden.
Perfectly "holds the corner" of the lawn, paths, flower beds and other corners so necessary in the economy.
These asters will prevent lawn grass and weeds from breaking through to the flower bed and garden part of the garden.
Hosta is good for an alpine slide.
In my garden, flower beds with roses are densely planted with asters. For the winter, I do not cut them, the dead wood is very thick and dense. This border, like a board, keeps the winter shelter of roses - fallen leaves, spruce branches, and other materials with which roses are insulated for the winter. Perfectly retains snow. In the spring, I open the roses and only then cut the aster dead wood.
In addition, in winter, dead wood clearly shows the boundaries of flower beds and paths, even under the snowdrifts they can be seen. Therefore, it is convenient and beautiful to walk to clean paths and walk in the winter garden.
border in june
border in August-October
What Astra doesn't like:
In spring, at the stage of young sprouts, when the bush is just beginning to bloom, it does not tolerate trampling. Then he gets sick and grows badly.
In partial shade, shade and damp areas of the garden it grows poorly, it may die.
Prices and quantity:
Garden centers usually sell 2-3 buds of shrubs.
And the prices are indicated for this amount.
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The genus of these plants has about half a thousand species, but only a few of them have found their application in our summer cottages... Although this type of flower is most often grown as an annual, it is also found on sale. Almost all types and varieties of asters - this beautifully flowering plant are distinguished by increased resistance (sometimes, however, they bother them) to negative conditions environment... They are characterized by their light-requiring and drought tolerance. They are grown by sowing seeds in the spring or before winter. Almost all types of these plants reproduce by seedlings. Most varieties of asters (with names and photos) grown in flower beds are excellent for cutting, since they have very beautiful inflorescences and strong pedicels.
The most popular among summer residents and flower growers are the following types of these flowers:
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Alpine
Up to 40 cm high. It has single inflorescences up to 20 cm in size. There are varieties with white, lilac, pink and purple flowers. This aster blooms in May-June.
Italian
Its height reaches 60 cm. Its flowers with a diameter of 3-4 cm can be lilac, pink, purple, lavender and blue, blooming from July to September. The most famous varieties: King George (violet-blue) and Lady Hindlip (pink).
Pecidifolia
The size of which does not exceed 40 cm. It has small baskets. Bred pink and purple varieties of this aster.
American
New England, whose height exceeds 150 cm. These perennial asters have many inflorescences, 3-4 cm in diameter. The plant blooms in September-October.
Virginia
Novobelgiskaya, growing up to 150 cm. This perennial blooms in September. The most famous varieties: Ada Ballard, Mary Ballard, Dick Ballard, Herbert Wunder, Beachwood Rivel, Mount everest, Violet, Weiser, Elephant, Oktoberfest.
Over the centuries of cultivating this plant, breeders have bred a wide variety of varieties, largely differing from each other in a variety of inflorescences and bush height. Among them there are varieties with flat and complex double flowers. Asters can be found everywhere different terms flowering. The early varieties delight with their splendor in June, and the latest ones fade in August. The latter delight with their riot of colors before the onset of autumn frosts.
Breeders have developed more than 4,000 varieties annual asters... Their inflorescences are colored in various shades: from snowy white to dark purple. Flowers are small (3 cm) and large (up to 20 cm). Their height can range from 20 to 100 cm.
Height
Experts distinguish groups (varieties), differentiated according to various characteristics, which include the height and shape of the bush, the type and shape of the inflorescence. There are up to 40 varieties in total. The most common are about 200 varietal asters, which are representatives of only 20 varieties.
Dividing into certain groups, based on the selected trait, all varietal asters by the size of the bush are subdivided into: tall / medium / shortreaching heights, respectively: up to 100 cm / up to 60 cm / up to 35 cm.
By the structure of asters and the shape of inflorescences
Reed
Decorativeness which is given by false-lingual flowers. The shortened tubular flowers are completely closed or visible at the final stage of flowering. Reed flowers may have different shape and sizes. Reed varieties of asters are very similar to the flowers of peonies and chrysanthemums. These include the overwhelming number of varieties of asters. These asters are of 6 types: curly, needle-like, tiled, ray, hemispherical, spherical.
Tubular
The decorative effect is given by tubular flowers. Their inflorescences are densely double or flat-round. Such varieties are most often found among breeders and collectors of these plants. This type of asters includes 3 variety series: Tubular, Cirrus, Lilliputian.
Transitional
Tubular and ligulate flowers give their decorative effect equally. Such asters are still not widespread. They are divided into 3 types: simple, coronal, semi-double. Today there are 6 variety series of this type of aster: Margarita, Sonnenkugel, Sonnenschein, Edelweiss, Valderese, Apollo.
Coronal
Having double inflorescences, consisting of elongated tubular flowers. They have several rows of reed flowers that are longer than tubular ones. They include 7 variety series: Pomponnaya, Fantasy, Ambria, Princess, Laplata, Aurora, Ambria.
Semi-double
On the edge of the inflorescences of which there are more than 2 rows of reed flowers. There are 6 variety series: Madeleine, Anmut, Anemonoid, Mignon, Victoria Baum, Rosette.
By the way colors are used
Casing
Which are characterized by the compactness of the bushes, long and abundant flowering. They have a small height, so they are most often used for creating mixborders, growing in containers or pots. Their inflorescences are not too large.
Slice
Designed to create bouquets. They are distinguished by long and strong peduncles and large inflorescences.
Universal
Combining small size and stability of peduncles. Such asters can be used both for growing in the garden and for cutting.
Aster varieties - name and description
Tall annuals and perennials (65-100 cm)
Such asters are most beloved because they differ in a variety of shapes, sizes and shades of inflorescences. They look great both in flower beds and in cuttings. Most often, these plants have a columnar or spreading shape. Their inflorescences can be spherical, hemispherical, flat-round, flat. We successfully use such flowers to decorate the garden; we grow many of them for cutting. The most popular varieties of tall asters:
- Ada Ballard: lavender blue; inflorescences are flat (3 cm).
- Mary Ballard: perennial blue, terry (2-3 cm).
- Beachwood Rivel: perennial purple-red, flat inflorescences (2 cm).
- Flamir Blue-white: blue-white, hemispherical (12 cm).
- Schenheit: bright pink, hemispherical, terry (10 cm).
- Princess anna: lilac-pink, double (12 cm).
- Jubilee white: snow-white, double (15 cm).
- Pink pyramid: bright pink, hemispherical (10 cm).
- Flamingo: pink, double (13 cm).
- Corallen Mittelblau: light blue, flat inflorescences (12 cm).
- Hope: white, spherical (10 cm).
- Dick Ballard: perennial pink, flat inflorescences (3 cm).
- Nata: pink, spherical (9 cm).
- Oktoberfest: blue, semi-double (4 cm).
- Cloud: white, spherical (8 cm).
- Herbert Wunder: perennial white, semi-double (2.5 cm).
- Lada: salmon pink, spherical (10 cm).
- California blue: lilac-blue, flat-round (12-15 cm).
- Globular Silver pink: silvery pink, spherical (10 cm).
- Galina: dark cherry red, globular (7 cm).
- Princess Nancy: dark salmon, large inflorescences, terry (up to 10 cm).
- Snow White: white, hemispherical (up to 9 cm).
- Daria: pink-nacreous, inflorescences are large, hemispherical (up to 10 cm).
- Russian beauty: pink, large, peony-shaped inflorescences (up to 12 cm).
- Odarka: dark blue, peony (up to 12 cm).
Summer residents are especially popular not only tall varieties asters of foreign selection, but also domestic varieties that perfectly tolerate drought and lower temperatures.
Medium height (55-60 cm)
Medium-sized varieties of asters look great in flower beds, in flower beds and in cuttings, so they can be considered universal flowers. Among the most popular medium-sized varieties, the following should be especially noted:
- Riviera Blue: dark blue, flat-round inflorescences (11 cm).
- Volatile blue: blue-white, hemispherical (7 cm). As the flower blooms, its color changes.
- Violetter Turm: dark blue, spherical (8 cm).
- Ioannina: pink-cream, hemispherical (7 cm).
- Duchess Light Blue: blue, spherical (10 cm).
- Violet: blue-violet, semi-double (8 cm).
- Sunset: white-lilac-pink, spherical (9 cm).
- Peony Blue: blue, hemispherical (7 cm).
- White ball: white, spherical (8 cm).
- Jubilee pink: pink, double (16 cm).
- Oksana: light crimson, pion-shaped (8 cm).
Low-growing (25-40 cm)
Low-growing asters are ideal for creating the leading edge of the curb. They are also good in mixborders. Look great undersized asters against the background of a green lawn. The most popular varieties in this group:
- Baby: bright pink, hemispherical (10 cm).
- Valderese White: white, semi-double (4.5 cm).
- Autumn Olympiad: silver-blue, spherical (11 cm).
- Baby: creamy pink, spherical, needle-like (10 cm).
- Valderese Pink: dark pink with a carmine shade, semi-double (4.5 cm).
- Valderese Violet: purple, semi-double (4 cm).
- Dwarf Royal Blue: blue, flat-round, double (9 cm).
- Dwarf royal hot pink: bright pink, flat-round, double (9 cm).
- Feuerkugel: bright red, flat-round, double (9 cm).
- Vologda lace: white, spherical, needle-shaped (8 cm).
- Summer: pink, needle-like (9 cm).
Whatever varieties of asters the summer resident chooses, any of them is ideal to decorate a flower garden in the country and will delight with lush flowering for quite a long time. At the same time, choosing different kinds of these plants, you can provide yourself with flowers intended for cutting.
Photo of seeds
The best peony varieties
Bolero, Barbara, Blue Tower, Violetter red, Marshmallow, Apple blossom (king size).
High quality cut
A princess.
Large terry
Yabluneva
Luxurious inflorescence
Beauty day pink
