English name : 
Family : 
ASTER HYBRIDS 
Aster — a star 
Michaelmas Daisy 
Compositae 
Country oj origin : mostly garden hybrids 
Colour : 
pale blue or mauve. 
Garden use: 
a perennial herb which makes 
a good bedding plant if fre- 
quently transplanted or re- 
newed. 
Propagation: 
by division. 
A, a section through a ‘flower’, which is actually 
a head of flowers closely packed together, 
and of two kinds. Those in the centre are 
tubular and are known as disc florets, those 
round the outside of the head are the ray 
florets and have a spreading, strap-shaped 
corolla. 
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