tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post7746310595672631783..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Asters (11 NOV 2012)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-34627284311682427412012-11-22T18:58:01.019+00:002012-11-22T18:58:01.019+00:00Thanks all for your comments.
I have a soft spot ...Thanks all for your comments.<br /><br />I have a soft spot for the single asters because I feel I can take credit for them. After all, I could have just planted more packet seeds.<br /><br />Crystal - I would also be grateful for any butterflies. Monarchs would be a dream come true.<br /><br />Alastair - 1969!, surely it's time to have another go.<br /><br />Answering the questions :<br />b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-45805289314830650812012-11-22T11:40:35.459+00:002012-11-22T11:40:35.459+00:00Hi b-a-g, those wild asters are beautiful, and I b...Hi b-a-g, those wild asters are beautiful, and I bet they are tough as old boots too. I love that single deep blue aster you got, I wonder what you will wind up with next year? Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-8054153614777318282012-11-21T22:31:06.057+00:002012-11-21T22:31:06.057+00:00Enjoyed this blog very much. My asters didn't ...Enjoyed this blog very much. My asters didn't do too well this year a bit to wet I think! I have to say that in my garden the slugs pretty much ignore them. I wonder why that is. <br />Didn't know the monarch butterfly visited the UK either. Thanks Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682908724307784154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-28044460846635367142012-11-15T23:47:17.103+00:002012-11-15T23:47:17.103+00:00I absolutely adore Asters, yours looks lovely. I a...I absolutely adore Asters, yours looks lovely. I am definitely going to grow more next year - I'll watch out for slug attacks!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-36019560374477341972012-11-14T12:51:36.651+00:002012-11-14T12:51:36.651+00:00Very interesting - I'll keep a look out for th...Very interesting - I'll keep a look out for these. It seems the main foreign visitors we're getting at the moment are waxwings who have headed to our shores in search of berries due to a shortage in Sweden. I've not seen any of these either though.The Enduring Gardenerhttp://blog.theenduringgardener.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-53342943050507510322012-11-13T21:03:10.791+00:002012-11-13T21:03:10.791+00:00I smiled... ok, I giggled... at the thought of you...I smiled... ok, I giggled... at the thought of you waking up in the night to correct your math. I would have most likely ran up the stairs to the computer to fix it right then. And you? Our silly minds... just let us sleep! (This is a rather common occurrence for me.)Carolyn ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/05722229442110193733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-27940266122031750452012-11-13T00:27:57.082+00:002012-11-13T00:27:57.082+00:00Those double asters are beautiful, but I am not su...Those double asters are beautiful, but I am not surprised their seedlings reverted to the single form, which I think is also lovely. Migration of monarch and other butterflies is an interesting topic. There is so much about nature that seems a mystery.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-15515817989345921242012-11-12T21:22:48.543+00:002012-11-12T21:22:48.543+00:00I have a gps thing on my cell phone and I still co...I have a gps thing on my cell phone and I still couldn't tell you my latitude and longitude so I'm thinking of getting a butterfly app.<br />Good job growing those asters from seed. I may try again next year because of your encouraging post.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-19367279848568852262012-11-12T14:25:59.759+00:002012-11-12T14:25:59.759+00:00b-a-g, we grew these double Asters in our very fir...b-a-g, we grew these double Asters in our very first garden. In fact I can be scarily precise about stuff like this when so little of real importance goes on in my head. It was early May of 1969, I prepared single rows and sowed various annual seeds. They all flowered in their neat rows and the multi coloured dwarf double Asters flowered in the last week of September, I never grew them again, Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-70067887417554382232012-11-12T07:45:58.868+00:002012-11-12T07:45:58.868+00:00Hi b-a-g, (it is difficult to type your name, but ...Hi b-a-g, (it is difficult to type your name, but i have been doing it for a long time just to say Hi, haha!). Your asters are so beautiful esp that first 2 photos. May i know the size of its diameter? We have asters here but so different and very small compared to that. We just normally utilize our asters as fillers in arrangements.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-15529070009397637792012-11-12T07:14:36.822+00:002012-11-12T07:14:36.822+00:00Woke up in the middle of the night realising that ...Woke up in the middle of the night realising that 1/3 x 1/3 x 1/3 = 1/27.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-87010784312114982412012-11-12T01:46:28.164+00:002012-11-12T01:46:28.164+00:00I did not ever hear of Monarchs getting that far o...I did not ever hear of Monarchs getting that far off course. Interesting. I love asters and so do many insects. The butterflies especially, Monarchs too. I grow three varieties plus let the wild ones in the garden in late Summer. Too bad about your greenhouse in pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-67322906563175432942012-11-12T00:36:12.724+00:002012-11-12T00:36:12.724+00:00Very interesting!Very interesting!Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447422023432443913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-81682747126436633712012-11-11T22:19:43.697+00:002012-11-11T22:19:43.697+00:00Good information about the Monarchs. I wonder if ...Good information about the Monarchs. I wonder if the butterflies that are blown off course will hook up and the Monarch population will increase there. Wouldn't that be wonderful! HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-12127194989699936972012-11-11T21:53:54.400+00:002012-11-11T21:53:54.400+00:00One of my favorite flowers especially because it h...One of my favorite flowers especially because it holds nectar for bees and butterflies...how lovely your mum had some of our native plants in her garden...they do look like New England asters.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-65623140014204435092012-11-11T21:34:35.162+00:002012-11-11T21:34:35.162+00:00each time I read about the Monarch butterfly migra...each time I read about the Monarch butterfly migration, I mean to plant something for our African Monarchs. Those milkweed seeds ...Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-70551299695216168362012-11-11T21:26:49.268+00:002012-11-11T21:26:49.268+00:00They are lovely plants. Hope you'll have bette...They are lovely plants. Hope you'll have better success with them next year and get a really good show of blooms :)Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-19012221897589800232012-11-11T20:22:44.430+00:002012-11-11T20:22:44.430+00:00Didn't know that Monarch butterflies had ever ...Didn't know that Monarch butterflies had ever ventured over here. I've got one large wild aster blooming in my garden, but somehow I don't think any stray Monarchs will find it. In fact, even the local butterflies don't seem interested. Too cold now perhaps.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725991262021867082noreply@blogger.com