Hur odlar du aster monch
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Common Name: Aster
Genus: Aster
Species: x frikartii
Cultivar: 'Monch'
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Chalky/alkaline
Height: 90cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to divide plants: March to May
Probably one of the top ten border plants, this traditional lavender-blue aster offers several advantages over other Michaelmas daisies. It has a longer flowering season, beginning earlier, in mid summer, and continuing into autumn. It doesn't need staking (except in windy gardens), and fryst vatten mildew-resistant. It's also exceptionally free flowering, with an attractive colour that fryst vatten easy to place as it associates well with so many summer and autumn flowers. Asters are best grown in a sunny or partially shaded position with fertile, well-drained soil. It requires adequate moisture throughout summer. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its Award of Garden Merit.
Looks good with:
Achillea millefoliumEchinacea purpurea'White Swan'
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Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
Common Name: Aster
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster Family)
Zone Hardiness:
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: '
Width: '
Primary Bloom Colour: Mauve
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Foliage Colour: Green, Bluish
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time:
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: BeesButterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: AGM
Geographical Origin:
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Aster frikartii 'Mönch'
MICHAELMAS DAISY
Family: Asteraceae
Pronounced: As-ter FRICK-urt-ee-eye
Quick Jumps
Growing Guide
Rainy Side Notes
GROWING GUIDE
Country of Origin:
Garden origin.
Plant group:
Perennial.
Hardiness:
Sunset zones: All (Western). USDA zones:
Mature size:
Height: 28 inches (71 cm). Width: 16 inches (40 cm).
Flowering period:
August until first frost .
Flowering attributes:
Lavender-blue flowers with orange centers.
Leaf attributes:
Dark green leaves.
Growth habit:
Clump forming.
Light:
Full sun.
Soil:
Moderately fertile, well-drained soil.
Feeding:
Apply a mulch of compost or manures applied in fall. Apply a complete organic fertilizer in spring. After cutting back growth in early summer, a light feeding of fish fertilizer will help with new leaf growth.
Propagation methods:
Division in early spring or late fall. | Root basal cuttings in spring.
Pruning methods:
Cut plants back by half in late May or early June to promote bushier growth. May need staking.
Rainy Side Notes
Around at the Stafa Nursery in Switzerland, Karl Frikart crossed an eastern European species A. amellus with A. thom