When the gray autumn comes, asters with their late flowering period are usually the last splash of color in the garden. Since they are often the last source of food for bees, rough-leaf and smooth-leaf aster should not be missing from the perennial bed. But which plants do the star flowers go with?
Which plants can be combined well with asters?
Asters can be combined with dahlias, monkshood, stonecrops, phloxes, goldenrod, autumn anemones, autumn chrysanthemums, autumn daisies, autumn sedges, girl's eye, suneyes, coneflowers, coneflowers and ornamental grasses such as miscanthus, millet and pipe grass. Asters in different colors also harmonize well with each other.
Which plants go well with asters?
Asters can be combined with avariety of plants in the perennial bed. Autumn asters look particularly beautiful together with
- Dahlias
- Monkshood
- Sedums
- Flame Flowers
- Goldenrod
- Autumn Anemones
- Autumn Chrysanthemum
- Autumn daisies
- Autumn sedges
- Girl's Eye
- Suneyes
- Sun Bride
- Coneflower and ornamental grasses
- Miscanthus, millet and pipe grass
off. The filigree flowers of the myrtle aster go very well with the rock pear and wig bush. The Alpine aster (Aster alpinus) and the mountain aster (Aster amellus) are real eye-catchers in the small rock garden. The golden hair aster (Aster linosyris) is particularly effective in steppe heather plantings next to silver thistles.
Can asters also be combined with each other?
Thecombination of asters with each otheris not onlypossible, but also apopulardesign variant in the garden. Since all flower colors harmonize well with each other, there are a variety of possible combinations. A romantic variant, for example, is the combination of asters with different shades of pink. If you like it stronger, you can combine blue-violet and purple aster flowers. You can also plant the perennials in a variety of colors.
Which plants go well with the flower carpets of cushion asters?
The flower carpets of cushion asters (Aster dumosus) can be combined very well withFeather bristle grass. This variant also has the advantage that the ornamental grass loosens up the flowers.
In the perennial bed, the low-growing asters come to the forefront. If you plant the ground cover in small groups, you will have a beautifulbed border, which is also extremely bee-friendly.
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Combine asters in the vase
If autumn asters are used as cut flowers, you can arrange a bouquet of asters in the vase. Whether you choose pastel tones such as delicate purple or light pink is up to you. You can create a special eye-catcher by combining asters with wig bush, wild wine and privet berries.
