tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post5181331994699867867..comments2024-03-27T03:14:31.886-07:00Comments on Native Florida Wildflowers: Climbing aster - Symphyotrichum carolinianumHawthorn Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-12421585939941761232012-01-30T11:27:36.639-08:002012-01-30T11:27:36.639-08:00Thank you! I don't mind it rambling, I think ...Thank you! I don't mind it rambling, I think I'll just let it go for now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-55169689854471157352012-01-29T05:42:31.210-08:002012-01-29T05:42:31.210-08:00First - thanks for you comments on my book. I'...First - thanks for you comments on my book. I'm glad you are finding it useful. My new book on wildflowers, grasses & ferns is supposed to be available in early April from UPF.<br /><br />As for the climbing aster, it does not get cut back in nature, but it eventually rambles over a wide area. I would recommend cutting it back, but not "severely", in late winter after it blooms to keep it contained to the area you want it to cover - calculating the amount of growth it is likely to add by next year's blooming time. Neatness is in the eye of the beholder and dependent on the setting you put it in.Hawthorn Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-91528674154100424372012-01-26T10:18:36.031-08:002012-01-26T10:18:36.031-08:00I just read that the climbing aster should be &quo...I just read that the climbing aster should be "severely cut back after flowering" to improve appearance and flowering. Would you agree with this? Or would you recommend leaving it to nature?<br /><br />Side note, I also just started reading YOUR book and am very excited to start planning my landscape as a habitat instead of a random assortment of flowers!! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-55478135040182390902011-12-30T09:44:48.031-08:002011-12-30T09:44:48.031-08:00Easily grown from seed or cuttings. Mine are just ...Easily grown from seed or cuttings. Mine are just at the end of their bloom period. I love these.Florida's Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497311627449677387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-77032448017157397502010-11-19T07:42:51.910-08:002010-11-19T07:42:51.910-08:00Climbing aster is relatively easy to grow, though ...Climbing aster is relatively easy to grow, though it prefers moist soils. It has more drought tolerance than might be expected, but don't let it get too dry. Because it rambles - more like a vine than a "normal" herbaceous wildflower, let it climb on a fence or trellis.Hawthorn Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-87114775015167405282010-11-18T12:37:45.219-08:002010-11-18T12:37:45.219-08:00how do you grow it?how do you grow it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com