Gardening Aster flower Plant Care and maintenance with information 

Aster flower (Aster spp) include color to the autumn landscape it's offer beauty with little work when caring for Aster flower plants. Gardening asters often bloom in late summer and fall, but the Alpine aster offers blooms in spring. Here you can Learn how to grow aster is easy and rewarding when the star-shaped flowers bloom in the landscape.

Aster flower may reach 3 to 4 feet about 1 m or can be compact and mounding as with the Alpine type. More than six-hundred varieties of aster exist. Pair aster plants in the natural garden with cone-flowers and goldenrod for a striking display. Aster flower plant care can include staking and/or pruning taller types for a bushier and more compact plant. 

Gardening aster plants is a simple garden chore. They may be started from seed in spring, but are most preferred as potted plants. Aster Plant into a full sun to part sun location in loamy, well-draining soil. Keep new plantings humid and continue watering until blooms cease.  Proper care of aster includes watering at the base and not splashing the foliage. Getting fertilizer or water on the leaves encourages powdery mildew and other fungal diseases. Organic fertilizer mulch can hold in moisture and supply nutrients as it breaks down. Apply within a few inches about 7.5 to 12.5 cm of aster stems, but not against them. Fertilize growing aster plants with a balanced plant food about once a month.  Asters flower plants need little in the way of maintenance. Asters plant may include deadheading for more blooms and occasionally includes controlling powdery mildew. This astre plant disease is most easily prevented by autumn or spring division of aster flowers, with the middle clump removed and discarded. Powdery mildew can be controlled with insecticidal sprays and soaps, if started early and regularly applied during the growing season. Powdery mildew usually prevents damage to aster flowers, but should be controlled for aesthetic purposes. Spraying may also deter the small, gray lace bug, which sometimes feeds on the succulent growth of growing aster plants.  Include a plot of aster flower plant  in the garden for fall color and beauty. Aster Plant shorter types to accompany fall-blooming mums. This aster plants hardy perennial will return for years of autumn color.