Its short and low to the ground and if it ever suffers from bad foliage you wont be able to tell because of all the bloom. Chrysanthemum flowers dont vary as much in diameter. Its late to flower and the flowers are a particularily delectable soft pink.
aster flower vs mum.
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MYP combines mum and aster varieties from multiple suppliers along with two.
Id say the biggest difference is that asters can be invasive and my mums dont spread at all theyre probably sterile hybrids as ginny mentioned.
This plant bursts into bloom June through September and often flower until the.
Woods Pink is a beautiful aster as are all the Woods series.
Flower color can be almost any color but blue.
Florist mums planted outside are most likely being used as short-term bedding plants that will be removed when the blooms are spent or frost kills them.
Asters can sometimes grow taller than mums and are hardier.
The blooms range from 1 to 4 inches across.
Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family Asteraceae.
Botanical classifications aside both make excellent plants for the garden or home and their blooms last well into the cold season.
Sep 01 2008 they are in two different families.
They look like the daisy type mum.
My favorite aster is frikartii monch.
Dahlias vary in height too with the smallest cultivars averaging about a foot in height.
For a nicely-shaped mum in the fall that has the maximum number of blooms continual pinching back of the growth tips until the 4th of July is recommended while asters dont really need this.
Aug 06 2020 Grown in greenhouses and used only as indoor plants florist mums produce few if any underground runners which mums need to survive cold weather.
Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family AsteraceaeIts circumscription has been narrowed and it now encompasses around 180 species all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia.
Flowers are large and last a long time.
Many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae.
Im in zone 6 and I have both mums and asters growing along my front walk.
They both bloom in September and October for me and they look pretty good together.
Asters come in purple magenta blue pink and white and have large and small blooms.
Oct 05 2020 The florist mum on the other hand is a more tender plant grown as an annual sometimes referred to as Chrysanthemum hortorum but also sometimes also classified under the garden mum.
Daisy Chrysanthemum flowers are massed along the ends of somewhat woody branches of a small shrub.
Oct 30 2018 I will choose an aster any day over a big box store pom pom chrysanthemum.
Sep 30 2013 Aster plants are in the genus Symphyotrichum while Mums are back again in their genus Chrysanthemum.
There are quite a few species and varieties of asters out there.
Gerbera Daisies occur at the end of a thick stem that has no leaves.
When they bloom this terminal mass of flowers can almost obscure the rest of the plant.
Novi-belgii but you will see a range of hybrid varieties available in showy pinks blues and purples at garden centers.
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