I was surprised when @punkdoc mentioned they weren't wild (a quick look proves that they are indeed escapees here but wild on the continent) going by how many I saw last year all over the lake district. They seemed very common around the bodies of water, especially windermere. They even look like a less refined version.
We have one white cultivar that's been in the family 50 plus years and its a real thug that shines for a few weeks about now but is a invasive pain the rest of the year. The newer cultivars seem much better behaved.
Michaemas daisies - aster nivi anglaei - are in fact native to the USA and were introduced to Europe in 1710, since when they have been bred and hybridised to produce the wide range of sizes and shades available today. Some of the earlier forms have, inevitably, escaped into the countryside.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Looks like my symphyotrichum (another name for aster?) cardifolium. Bit of a wishy-washy pale mauve/lilac but the bees seemed to like it when the sun got on it the clump.
Looks like my symphyotrichum (another name for aster?) cardifolium. Bit of a wishy-washy pale mauve/lilac but the bees seemed to like it when the sun got on it the clump.
Flowers may look similar but leaves are much larger in Symphyotrichum_cordifolium.
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We have one white cultivar that's been in the family 50 plus years and its a real thug that shines for a few weeks about now but is a invasive pain the rest of the year. The newer cultivars seem much better behaved.
Flowers may look similar but leaves are much larger in Symphyotrichum_cordifolium.
Common name Wood aster.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Symphyotrichum_cordifolium_127419951.jpg
Pic below from wiki ..see link above.