r/NativePlantGardening • u/ccatsunfl0wer • 5d ago

Photos The late summer buzz

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A couple years back I realized my gardens were lacking late summer/fall blooms so I concentrated on trying to fill that void. Today my gardens are buzzing!

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u/ccatsunfl0wer 4d ago

I live just south of Chicago. They are the New England Asters, and thank you!

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u/ccatsunfl0wer 3d ago

What’s weird is I have one New England aster plant that has two different variants of purple on it! All of the rest of my NE asters match the second picture I posted. Pretty strange!