Asters - late shift
I understand that you can grow Asters in containers in a remote part of the
garden and move them into the border as late as 1st September where they will flower perfectly happily. But that exercise only has value if you have a plant to do the early shift. Any suggestions for perennials the would flower early and, most important, will not mind being moved into a pot whilst the Aster takes its place and does its stuff. A Lupin would be ideal as it becomes an eyesore by late summer- but it does not like being moved - does it? And any other suggestions of perennial pairs to do a double shifts. The key must be plants happy to be moved. |
Asters - late shift
In message , Peter Sutton
writes I understand that you can grow Asters in containers in a remote part of the garden and move them into the border as late as 1st September where they will flower perfectly happily. But that exercise only has value if you have a plant to do the early shift. Any suggestions for perennials the would flower early and, most important, will not mind being moved into a pot whilst the Aster takes its place and does its stuff. A Lupin would be ideal as it becomes an eyesore by late summer- but it does not like being moved - does it? And any other suggestions of perennial pairs to do a double shifts. The key must be plants happy to be moved. Not quite what you ask for, but you could try early flowering biennials such as wallflowers (Erysimum cheiri), honesty (Lunaria annua) or forget-me-not (Myosotis). And that leads onto the possibility of bulbs. I'd guess that you could treat narcissi or tulips in the desired manner. I grow a rhizomatous Sidalcea (I think it's Sidalcea candida), which seems to lift and divide fairly readily, but admittedly I've mostly done that in spring, and the rhizome I moved in late autumn 'cos it was growing into some other plants didn't take well to being moved that late. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Asters - late shift
Any suggestions for perennials the would flower early and, most important, will not mind being moved into a pot whilst the Aster takes its place and does its stuff. Not quite what you ask for, but you could try early flowering biennials such as wallflowers (Erysimum cheiri), honesty (Lunaria annua) or forget-me-not (Myosotis). And that leads onto the possibility of bulbs. I'd guess that you could treat narcissi or tulips in the desired manner. I grow a rhizomatous Sidalcea (I think it's Sidalcea candida), which seems to lift and divide fairly readily, but admittedly I've mostly done that in spring, and the rhizome I moved in late autumn 'cos it was growing into some other plants didn't take well to being moved that late. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley Thanks for your help Stewart - the forget-me-nots do muscle their way in anyway - but they do a useful job. |
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