Wednesday 13 September 2023


The Asters in the front garden are looking bloomin' luvly.



 Also known as Michaelmas Daisies. They have in effect become a naturalised wildflower, for example they are often seen in great drifts along railway embankments. Only the Sea Aster is native to the UK, other species from Europe and North America are garden escapes and hybrids of escapees. 
 Moreover the genus Aster has now been split into several additional genera Eurybia, Symphyotrichum etc. The ones in the front garden probably self-seeded there so I'm not going to try to untangle their lineage.



 As the last flowers of summer bloom so too the last bees on the wing seek them out.