Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Asteraceæ.
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- noun genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters
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Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia.
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Maintenance ™ using prairie-style "buddy plants," such as alliums, catmint, boltonia, coreopsis, goldenrod, asters and grasses such as switchgrass - 'Northwind' switchgrass was developed at his Northwind Perennial Farm - moor grass, autumn moor grass and prairie dropseed.
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On the micro level, I still have some flowers: dahlia, boltonia, verbena boniarensis, heliopsis, and plenty of potted annuals.
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a mass of white boltonia, while on the left a superb growth of New
A Bookful of Girls Anna Fuller 1884
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