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What is this common wild flower called-photo

young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
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I started seeing these around the beginning of October. They seem to be growing in a lot of areas.

They have a yellow centre not shown in the photos.


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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Looks like an Aster, not a wild flower though.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes … an aster … sometimes called Michaelmas Daisy 

    This is mine 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Yes they have 'jumped the garden fence' and are common on wasteland, railways sidings etc.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited October 2022
    I've got lots to provide a good splash of colour this time of year.
    My fave is Little Carlow, but it gets to about 4ft then collapses. So I give it a Chelsea Chop and it's fine- 


    Aster novi-belgii  - I've also got them in shades of red and a white one


    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    A.Monch is my favourite, very long flowering.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited October 2022
    punkdoc said:
    A.Monch is my favourite, very long flowering.
    I agree Aster frikartii Monch.

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    Thanks for the responses. Good photos too.

    It seems quite a few have these in their own garden. I assume some will have been dug up from the wild and planted at home. Or like Loxley for example they have invaded the garden. Can they become a problem, or are they easy to control? 

    So when I see my mate again on the canal path (who asked me what they were called)  shall I simply say they are a type of Aster? 

    @punkdoc
    I cannot say one way or another about whether they are 'domesticated' or wild 🤔, but I will get a photo from where they are growing and post on this thread. Regardless, they look attractive.

    It is very strange why some plants are at full bloom when (I assume) there are less polinaters around??
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    They are garden escapees, @young codger
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Asters have fluffy seeds which get blown around. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    There were lots  along the verges of the M18 last week. They are a wishy washy purple type.  I guess the  draught from the lorries spreads them.
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