This aster has showy violet-blue flowers with golden centers. The plant is relatively easy to grow and control in many different soil and light conditions, but it does best in full sun and somewhat sandy soil. The foliage is very green and smooth (it is less hairy and rough than other species of aster)
Archive for September, 2013
Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster)
Posted in Flora, Plant bio on September 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Doellingeria umbellata (flat topped aster)
Posted in Flora, Plant bio on September 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This plant can reach 2 to 5 feet in height and displays a plateau (flat topped) of creamy white flowers when in bloom. The flowers are relatively long-lived from August through October. The florets of the flower heads turn a creamy white color after the bloom period. The plant has no basal leaves but there […]
Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster)
Posted in Flora, Plant bio on September 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Bigleaf aster is named after the large heart shaped leaves. These leaves are up 8 inches long and 6 inches wide, on long stems. They become progressively smaller up the main stem; leaves at the top of the plant have little or no leaf stem. All leaves are coarsely toothed; attachment is alternate. You should […]
Nature firsts
Posted in Interesting on September 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Although work and life has kept me busy and away more than I like from my time spent in the yard and in nature, there have been some nice surprise “firsts” this year: My first bald eagle sighting (on my commute home) My first praying mantis find (at the Natural History Museum in Brewster) My […]
Fall spiders
Posted in Fauna, Interesting on September 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I’m amazed at the variety of spiders I see in the yard or around the house. Most of the time I don’t have a camera on hand or I am rushing off to one place or another, and when I come back the spider has inevitably disappeared. With the orb weavers you have a bit […]
Captured
Posted in Fauna, Guest blogger, Interesting on September 23, 2013 | 2 Comments »
As another blog post declared, it has definitely been a year of firsts for us here at Cape Cod Woodland Garden blog. Much of the nature we have experienced over the past year here on Cape Cod has had me running for the guide books. Chuck here appeared sometime this spring and at first I had no idea what he […]