 Welcome to Asters, part of the plant finders directory.
Asters are members of the Asteraceae family. This family has composite flower-heads, which means that the central disc is composed of up to 300 tiny individual flowers, usually yellow or orange. This is surrounded by large, brightly-coloured petals, designed to attract pollinating insects. The annual asters that are sown for late summer bedding are properly called callistephus.
Asters have been in the UK for more than 400 years, but the genus goes back over 4,000 years. There are 250 species of perennials, with wonderful diversity in stature, structure and flower colour. They are often called Michaelmas daisies, but enthusiasts only use this name for the commonly grown Aster novi-belgii . The name aster comes from the Greek word for star.
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